The Catholic Church donated over 3 million trying to limit abortion access in Kansas. Funny how the church has millions for political campaigns but attempts to avoid paying victims of sex abuse. If a church is going to spend millions on politics, it’s time to tax the hell out of the Catholic Church.

In Kansas, abortion is still legal. In 2019, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that “a woman’s right to abortion is protected under the Kansas Constitution’s Bill of Rights.” The court said that Section 1 of the Kansas Constitution protects “every person’s right to personal autonomy.” This means that a woman has the right to make decisions about her body, health, starting a family, and family life, including whether or not to keep a pregnancy.

That could change soon. On August 2, voters in Kansas will be asked to approve a change to the state’s constitution. Resolution No. 5003 would “amend the Kansas state constitution’s bill of rights” to say that “abortion is not a constitutionally protected right,” while “reserving to the people the power to control abortion through elected legislators.” When the amendment was approved by both houses of the state legislature, it was put on the ballot in early 2021 under the name “Value Them Both.”

A campaign in Kansas to stop abortions got more than $750,000 from the Catholic Church.

The Catholic Church has given a lot of money to groups that are against abortion and want to change the law. Recent reports say that at least $750,000 came from Catholic dioceses to the Value Them Both Coalition in 2021. The Kansas Catholic Conference, Kansas Family Voice, and Kansans for Life are all part of the alliance, which is running a statewide campaign. According to the documents, the Archdiocese of Kansas City gave $500,000 and the Catholic Diocese of Wichita gave $250,000 to the coalition in 2021. Donation forms for 2022 won’t be sent in until the end of this month.

How people who support life are affecting the election in Kansas

Recent polls show that most people in Kansas support the right to have an abortion. In a poll taken in December 2021, 51% of Kansas voters agreed that the state government shouldn’t put any limits on when women can get an abortion. 62% of Kansas voters agreed with the following statement: “Women are better able than politicians to decide for themselves whether or not to get an abortion.”

A ballot measure in Michigan got an unusual response.

Things are complicated when it comes to reproductive rights in Michigan. A law from 1931 says that almost all abortions are illegal, and there are no exceptions for rape or incest. The only time this isn’t true is when a woman needs an abortion to save her own life. The law says that both doctors who do abortions and people who use drugs that cause abortions can go to prison for four years. Since 1973, when the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. People who are against abortion say that the law from 1931 should be put into effect now that Roe v. Wade has been thrown out by the Supreme Court. But Planned Parenthood in Michigan took action and filed a lawsuit in April to stop the 1931 law from being put into place. In May, a court stopped the law from being enforced with a preliminary injunction. The overwhelming support for the initiative in Michigan is the first clear sign that the November elections might be affected by abortion rights.