Kansas abortion opponents see mandate from 2020 elections
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January 13, 2021
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion opponents say elections last year that made the Kansas Legislature more conservative showed voters support putting a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution on the ballot next year.
Anti-abortion lawmakers introduced separate but identical versions of their proposal Tuesday in the House and Senate. It would overturn a Kansas Supreme Court decision in 2019 that declared access to abortion a "fundamental" right under the state constitution.
Abortion opponents failed last year to get the same proposal on the ballot when a few House Republicans resis...
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