Amendment 2: Kentucky voters could establish that citizens don't have the right to abortion

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The state of Kentucky is trying to pass a constitutional amendment that would make clear that abortion is not a protected procedure.

If passed, Amendment 3 would add the line "to protect human life, nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to secure or protect a right to abortion or require the funding of abortion" to the state constitution. The state legislature voted to put Amendment 3 on the ballot in 2021.

Abortion is banned in Kentucky, except in cases of endangerment to life, after legislators enacted a trigger law following the Supreme Court's June 24 ruling overturning national abortion rights.

Currently, there are three lawsuits challenging abortion law in Kentucky, all of which assert that the state's constitution provides a right to abortions. If Amendment 3 passes, it would curtail this argument in these lawsuits, which are set to be heard in the Kentucky Supreme Court after the Nov. 8 election.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/amendment-2-kentucky-voters-could-establish-that-citizens-don-t-have-the-right-to-abortion/ar-AA13QBrg

[Corgigal]

1. I'm in Kentucky

My whole family voted No, and right now No is winning.

Time will tell.

[onecaliberal]

2. Thank you for this reply.

Sick of the extreme right framing of everything.

[NowISeetheLight]

3. Kansas

Hopefully the people of Kentucky will have the common sense the people of Kansas did.

[yankee87]

4. Voting on Women's health care

Which ever way this goes, we are voting on the right to bodily autonomy. Between this and LGBTQI rights, we are voting on whether humans have a right to be. I’m disabled, what next, voting on whether I should get medical treatment because I’m a drag on society?