John, 

First, thank you for voting in last month’s primary election! Abortion rights now have one additional champion in the Kansas Legislature, Representative-Elect Wanda Brownlee Paige, D-Kansas City, who has no general election opponent. 

Now we turn to the general election, where the stakes couldn’t be higher for Kansas. Currently, an anti-abortion supermajority prevents Governor Kelly’s vetoes of terrible policy from taking effect. That supermajority is not only electorally vulnerable-it’s also undemocratic. This year, 66 Kansas legislators voted against the will of their district on abortion rights. 

If these politicians are allowed to hold onto veto-proof power, the consequences will be severe. Senator Minority Leader Dinah Sykes predicts that “next year they will be more emboldened,” saying “They want to ban abortion and take away women’s rights. I think the majority of people who are bringing these [anti-abortion] bills want to eliminate contraception.”

The good news: We write our own future, and we will keep fighting for freedom. We know we’re equal to the challenge of breaking the undemocratic, anti-abortion chokehold on our state legislature. We’ve turned the tables before, and we’ll do it again. 

As we prepare for November, check to see who represents you and whether they’re one of the 66 legislators out of step with their district. Make sure your voter registration is up to date. And remind your community to vote all the way down the ballot!

Ad astra per aspera,

Kansans for Constitutional Freedom