Kansas Pro-Life Voters Should Vote Yes on Elections for Supreme Court

On August 4, Kansans will have a chance to push back on a rocketing abortion rate that has grown exponentially in the years following the Kansas Supreme Court’s 2019 decision to enshrine abortion in the state constitution.

The case related to that 2019 decision was actually heard years before, but the pro-abortion Kansas Supreme Court waited to hand down its decision until there was a like-minded governor in place, along with a weaker Republican majority in the legislature.

This unprecedented move by the court ensured its decision to enshrine abortion in the state constitution could not be successfully challenged by the state legislature. Since then, the number of abortions across the state has increased 186%.

Currently, Kansas Supreme Court judges are chosen via nomination by the Supreme Court Nominating Commission. Four of the Commission’s members are chosen by the governor. After a public review process, the Commission submits three final nominees to the governor who then chooses one of the three to appoint as a Kansas Supreme Court Justice.

Four of the seven justices currently serving on the Supreme Court were chosen by pro-abortion Governor Laura Kelly in just the last six years, ensuring decades of the Supreme Court’s protection for the abortion lobby and a radicalized agenda that is deadset on stripping away every protection from children in the womb.

“Kansans can bring an end to this reign of abortion by voting ‘yes’ to the Kansas Elections for Supreme Court Justices Amendment,” says Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue. “By voting yes, Kansans will finally have a chance to vote for Supreme Court Justices that hold life-affirming values instead of watching our life-affirming laws be completely gutted by governor-appointed, pro-abortion justices.”

WATCH: Troy Newman explains why Kansans must vote “YES” on this amendment.

Recent decisions from the Kansas Supreme Court have resulted in an astronomical increase in abortions across the state, moving from just under 7,000 abortions in 2019 to nearly 20,000 abortions in 2024.

Abortion numbers for 2025 still have not been released, however, there is no reason to believe that number of nearly 20,000 will decrease. Operation Rescue predicts that number will only continue to grow, as the number of abortion clinics in the state have nearly doubled since 2019, when the Kansas Supreme Court first enshrined abortion in the state constitution.

“If you want proof that the abortion lobby knows passing this amendment is our best chance at reinstating pro-life laws,” adds Newman, “look no further than Planned Parenthood Great Plains, which is loudly opposing the amendment.”

In a recent New York Times article, Planned Parenthood Great Plains bragged that its Kansas clinics have seen a 700% increase in abortions since 2022, with 75% of women coming from out-of-state.

“Planned Parenthood is making money hand over fist,” says Newman, “all because the Kansas Supreme Court has devoted itself to shielding the abortion industry and stripping away more and more protections from children in the womb. If Kansans ever want the chance to restore life-affirming laws and see our Supreme Court uphold the sanctity of every human life, we must vote yes on August 4.”