We need help in Kansas, to help every woman in the midwest. Right now, our state constitution protects the right of abortion in our state under the right of bodily autonomy, which our state supreme court ruled includes the right to abortion.
So unlike every other Republican legislature racing to pass the most draconian restrictions to reproductive rights, our legislature has its hands tied. This means that if the state constitution holds, Kansas women will have their reproductive rights protected. Furthermore, women in neighboring states will have a place to seek abortions as the rest of midwest regresses into a dystopian reality of state ownership of women.
Republicans , however, are attacking this freedom in a very sneaky way. They are placing a measure on the Primary Ballot removing this protection our state constitution (YES Vote is Bad). Voter registration for this vote passed on June 28th. Because it is a primary, many people believe that there is nothing to vote for or that they might not be able to vote on the measure because they aren’t registered to a party. Anyone registered can vote! We need them to Vote No!
Kansas No State Constitutional Right to Abortion and Legislative Power to Regulate Abortion Amendment (August 2022)
We can win this or at least keep it close, showing the power of the counter movement to protect reproductive rights:
fivethirtyeight.com/…
But the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion appears to have scrambled that conventional wisdom. Most respondents (84 percent) in the co/efficient survey say the amendment has made them more likely to vote, and the poll finds that Democrats are more energized than Republicans by the issue: 94 percent of Democrats say the amendment has “increased the importance of voting in this upcoming election,” compared with 78 percent of Republicans.
Here is what I am asking from everyone on dkos. Please talk about this on every forum you can. Please make this vote the biggest political event of the next few months, because for thousands of women in both Kansas and neighboring states, it is!
The message is simple:
- If you are registered in Kansas You Can Vote in the Primary Election
- A No Vote Keeps Reproductive Rights protected by the Kansas State Constitution
- Winning this vote protects women in Kansas and every surrounding state
I hope you will help.
Thanks