{"id":265883,"date":"2022-04-09T11:09:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T16:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=265883"},"modified":"2022-04-07T17:22:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T22:22:47","slug":"kansas-abortion-destination-citizens-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/kansas-abortion-destination-citizens-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas has become an abortion destination, but citizens have the chance to change it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kansas is on its way to becoming one of the nation\u2019s abortion destination states \u2013 unless 51% of Kansans vote for the <\/span>Value Them Both Amendment<\/span><\/a> on August 2.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the Kansas Supreme Court\u2019s <\/span>landmark 2019 ruling<\/span><\/a> that named unlimited abortion a constitutional right in the state, abortions in Kansas have been rising dramatically.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On April 26, 2019, the Kansas Supreme Court found abortion to be a constitutional right in favor of the Kansas abortionists Hodes & Nauser in the Hodes & Nauser vs. Derek Schmidt<\/em> sase. Pro-lifers in Kansas had gained considerable ground with pro-life legislation in their efforts to protect women and babies and keep state taxpayer dollars out of the abortion industry in the 20 years leading up to 2019. The 2019 ruling effectively erased all their work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hodes and Nauser had filed suit in 2016 after the Kansas Legislature enacted the pro-life Senate Bill 95 in 2015, a law which banned late-term, dismemberment abortions. The abortionists argued that the Kansas Constitution ensures a woman\u2019s right to abortion and that the Bill prevented abortionists from using <\/span>dilation and evacuation (D&E) abortions<\/a> \u2013 dismemberment abortions<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 which they claimed are the safest type of abortion in the second trimester.<\/span><\/p>\n