Kansas voted to reject the abortion ban earlier this month. Even after the vote recount, anti-abortion activists vowed to fight the results
Anti-abortion activists are calling for a second recount of votes in a Kansas election where voters explicitly rejected an attempt to allow new restrictions on access to abortion . The move comes amid baseless conspiracy theories about voter fraud and highlights a growing movement for the right for those who refuse to vote to challenge outcomes they disagree with.
Officials on Sunday completed a vote count searched by Melissa Leavitt, a election conspiracy theorists who made baseless allegations of voter fraud. The tally confirms the results of the early August vote in which voters voted, Kansas City Star report.
Anti-abortion activist Mark Gietzen, who Leavitt .’s recount promotion funding, confirmed to Bloomberg News on Monday that he plans to file a lawsuit Monday calling for a statewide recount. Gietzen told the Star he acknowledged the recount was unlikely to change the outcome of the election, but said it was part of an effort to find fraud and that he suggested he and his allies going door to door to confront voters.
Election results remain unchanged Kansas Supreme Court Decision 2019 granted the state constitutional abortion rights and cleared the way for the courts to invalidate any abortion bans that the Republican-dominated legislature might institute. This is the first statewide referendum on abortion since US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade . case in June.
This fall, voters will also weigh in on abortion rights in California, Kentucky, Montana and Vermont.
Kansas, that allow termination up to 22 weeks, has long been the go-to destination for abortion seekers from places with more restrictive laws. In 2019, Almost half According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, everyone who receives abortion care in the state is a foreign resident.
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