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CNA Staff, Oct 31, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
A judge in Kansas this week blocked several state-level pro-life laws there, claiming the measures are prohibited by the state’s constitution. District Judge.
Pro-life advocates had predicted that the state’s abortion regulations would be struck down after the defeat of a pro-life ballot initiative last year.
Comparing ballot issues to partisan races in KS, OH, and MI.KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decisions last year, seven states have held abortion-related ballot issues, and abortion rights advocates have won all seven contests. In Kansas and Michigan, the pro-abortion rights side broadly outperformed the winning Democratic nominees for governor. In Ohio, last week’s Issue 1 ballot question, which was cast as a proxy vote on abortion rights, followed a similar pattern, roundly outperforming now-former Rep. Tim Ryan’s (D) showing in last year’s Senate race.