All eyes this month were on the state of Kansas, where the legislature had proposed a state constitutional amendment authorizing it to outlaw abortion. This would have displaced a recent Kansas Supreme Court decision holding that its constitution protected women’s right to terminate a pregnancy. The Kansas referendum was seen as an early test of public opinion after the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs to overturn Roe v. Wade.

The Kansas Legislature had intentionally not placed the proposal on the general election ballot, but rather included it on a primary election day, apparently hoping for a much lower turnout. The Pennsylvania Legislature does this too, as it plans to do with its anti-abortion amendment and several other voter suppression proposals. This tactic is simply undemocratic.

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