Kansas voters on Tuesday will be the first in the nation to have their say on whether abortion should remain constitutionally protected in the state after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
. And with the future of abortion rights in the state on the ballot, Kansas is seeing a surge in early voting ahead of the primary.
The"Value Them Both" Amendment will appear on the ballot for the primary on Aug. 2. A"yes" vote for the amendment would affirm there is no constitutional right to an abortion in Kansas and allow the Republican-controlled state legislature to pass new laws further restricting or even banning abortion access. A"no" vote against the amendment upholds the protected right to an abortion in the state.
They have shied away from publicly saying exactly what limitations on abortion they would like to see passed in the Kansas legislature should the amendment pass. But legal experts say the amendment paves the way for banning abortion in the state. "Under the language of the amendment, it would be possible to adopt a total ban on abortion from the point of conception until birth with no exceptions for rape, incest, for the life and health of the mother," said University of Kansas constitutional law professor Richard Levy.
"The fact is, the 'no' vote in Kansas is a middle-of-the-road vote. It is a moderate position. It is basically leaving all the regulations that are on the books in place," said Ashely All, spokesperson for Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, the main coalition opposing the amendment. As of Monday morning, more than 271,000 voters had cast ballots in the Kansas primary, a significant increase in early voting from the 2018 midterm primary, in which just under 90,000 ballots had been cast by this time.
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