Friend,
This morning I’m at the National Prayer Breakfast in our nation's capital, a great opportunity for leaders, public servants and Americans to gather in a bipartisan manner to pray for this nation and our people.
In Kansas, faith leaders are also calling for a statewide day of prayer today.
As you are reading this email, state lawmakers in Topeka are debating the Value Them Both Amendment to the Kansas Constitution. This is a common sense amendment that gives the power of regulating abortion back to the people of Kansas and the state legislature, not the courts. Ever since the Kansas Supreme Court "found" the right to an abortion in our state's 158-year-old governing document in 2019, all of Kansas' pro-life laws could be dismantled.
The proposed amendment makes it clear – "Kansans value both women and children."
The debate and vote in the Kansas House of Representatives this week will determine whether Kansans can vote on this critical amendment this fall. The Kansas Constitution states that “all political power is inherent in the people.” Truly it is our people, not our government institutions or black-robed policymakers, that have the power here in the Sunflower State. It should be without question that the people of Kansas deserve to vote on this pivotal issue and define the landscape of human dignity for the next chapter in our state.
So as you go throughout your busy day, please take a moment to stop and pray.
Pray for the unborn who are innocent in this tragedy, for the young mothers who are facing challenging circumstances, for the doctors and nurses who are participating in this destructive practice, for Gov. Laura Kelly, for this nation – that we would genuinely be a culture that values life – and pray for our State Representatives as they take up the Constitutional Amendment today.
Sincerely,
Rep. Ron Estes
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