KS: Another abortion ban proposed

[RandySF]

Ready for another attempt to prohibit abortion in Kansas despite overwhelming support from voters to keep it legal? I’m sure you are! Senate Bill 286 would outlaw the procedure (which is common and perfectly safe), but with a couple of wrinkles. First, it provides an exception to save the life of the mother — although not for cases of rape or incest. Second, it provides a “private cause of action for civil enforcement of such prohibition.” That means the state would deputize everyday Kansans to serve as abortion hunters and reap financial rewards in court, the same cynical ploy used by the state of Texas.

It was requested for introduction by Cheyenne Vandeventer on behalf of Students for Life Action.




https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/statehouse-scraps-turnaround-twaddle-stacked-hearings-multiply-another-abortion-ban

[Trenzalore]

1. It is the voters fault

They voted overwhelmingly to keep the procedure legal while still voting for the clowns that want to ban it.

Nothing in the past 20 years shows that Republicans back down with their insane policies when rejected by the voters. They generally double down and come out even more extreme.

[In It to Win It]

2. Yup

They voted overwhelmingly to keep the procedure legal while still voting for the clowns that want to ban it.

I’ve said in this forum many times that voters can’t have both. You can’t have your cake and eat it too in politics. If you like corporate tax cuts and want abortion to remain legal, you’re gonna have to sacrifice one and pick a side. You may think that you can protect abortion and have your republican policies but politics will show you really fast that you can’t. You can’t vote to protect abortion in your state constitution and vote for a republican because they will undermine your constitutional protections of abortion as soon as they get into office. Sure, you can sue but courts won’t move fast enough to stop them. In Michigan, if you recall the GOP gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon said people don’t have to choose and they can vote for her and vote for abortion rights. That’s bullshit because once abortion was protected, she would have undermined it as soon as she stepped foot in the governor’s mansion because her anti-abortion stance compels her to. She would be sued of course, but abortion rights would be threatened as long as she had power.