The Kansas ‘Value Them Both’ amendment goes before Sunflower State voters as a special election on their Aug. 2 primary ballots.
The ballot measure asks voters to remove access to abortion as a right guaranteed under the Kansas Constitution in a 2019 state Supreme Court ruling.
It is the nation’s first public referendum on abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 June 24 decision repealed its 1973 Roe vs. Wade ruling and kicked abortion regulation back to the states.
As such, the Kansas ‘Value Them Both’ special election is being intensely watched nationwide; pro/con campaigns have collectively spent more than $13 million, polls are knotted, elections officials predict record turnouts for a midterm primary….