A Kansas Vote Will Set The Tone For What's To Come On Abortion Rights

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Before Tiller's death, anti-abortion extremists routinely subjected the doctor to harassment and violence, including shooting him in both arms and firebombing his Wichita clinic.
59% : If the amendment passes, it will remove protections for abortion care from the state constitution and open the door for anti-abortion lawmakers to pursue a total ban -- a move Republicans have publicly denied but were caught on tape discussing.
40% : Since Roe fell, just over a dozen states in the South and Midwest have already severely restricted or banned abortion, making Kansas an unexpected refuge for abortion care.
39% :State Sen. Molly Baumgardner (R), who led the Senate push for the amendment, told HuffPost that Value Them Both is meant to be "common-sense guardrails" that will make abortion safer despite the fact that the amendment simply takes away protections for abortion care.
35% : Abortion is already heavily regulated in Kansas: It's banned after 22 weeks except to save the life of the pregnant person, and government funding for abortion care is outlawed.
35% : "We as a state do not want to be a destination state for late-term abortions," Baumgardner added, although abortion is already banned after 22 weeks in Kansas.
29% : The vote will decide whether to keep abortion legal in Kansas -- a state that, against all odds, has become a valuable refuge for millions of people living in states where abortion is now illegal.

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