(WASHINGTON, DC) The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in a much-anticipated ruling Friday in one of its biggest decisions this term.
The court voted 6-3, along party lines, in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which involved Mississippi’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy with few medical exceptions.
Kansas US Senator Roger Marshall:
Kansas US Second District Representative Jake LaTurner, who will be representing Lyon, Chase, Coffey, Morris, Osage and Wabaunsee counties after redistricting earlier this year, called the decision a “monumental win” for pro-life Americans nationwide.
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, the presumed frontrunner on the Republican side for governor, says the decision was right from a constitutional perspective, citing the court’s majority ruling that said “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start.”
The decision comes with Kansas voters facing “Value Them Both” constitutional amendment on the primary election ballot regarding abortion regulation. 76th District Representative Eric Smith says nothing likely changes at the state level, at least for now.
The language on the ballot says: “A vote for the Value Them Both Amendment would affirm there is no Kansas constitutional right to abortion or to require the government funding of abortion, and would reserve to the people of Kansas, through their elected state legislators, the right to pass laws to regulate abortion. A vote against the Value Them Both Amendment would make no changes to the constitution of the state of Kansas, and could restrict the people, through their elected state legislators, from regulating abortion by leaving in place the recently recognized right to abortion.”
9:25 am Friday: US Supreme Court votes 6-3 to overturn Roe v Wade
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade and the fundamental right to abortion that has been the law for almost 50 years.
The court ruled 6-3, in an opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito.
The court upheld a Mississippi law that bans all abortion past 15 weeks, with very few medical exceptions.
The court also overturned Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood, two landmark decisions legalizing abortion nationwide.
Alito also wrote the bombshell draft opinion leaked to the public earlier this year. The three liberal justices dissented.
Alito wrote that the Constitution “does not confer a right to abortion,” stating it is ultimately up to the states to regulate abortion access.
