UPDATE: Senate passes anti-amendment to ban abortion 28-12 Wednesday evening. The bill will now move to the house.
By the Associated Press:
Abortion rights advocates are trying to defeat a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the Kansas Constitution by arguing that it will lead to a ban on most abortions like a measure being pursued in Tennessee.
The Kansas proposal is aimed at overturning a state Supreme Court decision last year protecting abortion rights and is modeled on a change that Tennessee voters approved in their state’s constitution in 2014.
The Kansas proposal was up for debate Wednesday in the state Senate. The debate came less a week after Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee announced plans to seek a ban on most abortions.
