With veto override attempt underway, Kansas abortion-rights supporters sound alarm
TOPEKA — Sen. Minority leader Dinah Sykes, a Lenexa Democrat, vowed to vote out the Statehouse’s Republican supermajority in an emotion-filled speech hours after Legislature made inroads into passing more anti-abortion laws.
“We’re going to knock on every damn door,” Sykes said, speaking to a crowd gathered around the rotunda Monday to rally for reproductive rights. “Let’s show the nation again that everything good that happens starts in Kansas, and we’re going to break this supermajority.”
Sykes referenced the state’s support of reproductive rights in 2022, when voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have allowed lawmakers to ban abortion.........
Sykes’ speech came a few hours after the House overrode Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of an “abortions reasons” bill 84-41. House Bill 2749 would require medical care facilities and providers to report women’s reasons for their abortions.
Under the proposed survey, abortion seekers would have to answer a series of questions before undergoing the procedure, including questions asking them if they have been raped, if they have an abusive partner, and if the pregnancy is the result of incest. Reproductive rights advocates say the survey is overly intrusive and potentially traumatizing.
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