STATEHOUSE TODAY
ON THE
ANNIVERSARY OF
"ROE V.
WADE." THE
SUPREME COURT
DECISION MADE
ABORTION LEGAL
THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
KANSAS PRO-LIFE
ACTIVISTS SAY NOW
MORE THAN EVER
THEIR MOVEMENT IS
THREATENED.
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LENNINGTON:
KSNT NEWS CAPITOL
BUREAU REPORTER
HANNAH BRANDT IS
LIVE FROM SAINT
MARYS WHERE
HUNDREDS OF
PEOPE ARE
GATHERED.
HANNAH?###
<HANNAH BRANDT:
BROOKE AND JACE,
IT IS COLD AND
RAINY OUT HERE IN
SAINT MARYS, BUT
HUNDREDS OF PRO
LIFE PEOPLE HAVE
GATHERERD.
AND THERE WERE
HUNDREDS MORE AT
THE CAPITOL THIS
MORNING.
THEY'RE ALL
BRAVING THE
WEATHER BECAUSE
THEY SAY THEY'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT
THE STATE'S PRO
CHOICE SUPREME
COURT AND
DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR.
THE MARCH FOR
LIFE IS AN ANNUAL
MOVEMENT TO MARK
THE SUPREME
COURT'S ROE
VERSUS WADE
DECISION.
LOCAL PRO LIFE
supporters and
lawmakers are
SPEAKING OUT
AGAINST ABORTION.
"I was pro choice in my
youth, then I got
married and became a
mom, and I realized
with my first pregnancy
when that baby started
to hiccup and kick, that
that's an infant, a child,
an independent child,
independent from my
body.
And that child has the
right to life." BUT IT
ISN'T JUST
LAWMAKERS AND
ADULTS.
THE RALLY
ATTRACTED YOUNG
PEOPLE TOO, WHO
ARE JUST AS
PASSIONATE ABOUT
THE MOVEMENT.
"It's important to
realize everybody
deserves to be here
whether that be the
eldest of the eldest or
someone in the womb"
" it wasn't until 8th
grade that I heard what
actually happened
during an abortion.
And once I heard that I
couldn't understand
why anybody would
think it was acceptable"
NO MATTER THE
AGE, ALL ACTIVISTS
SAY THEY'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT
ABORTIONS IN
KANSAS.
WAGLE SAYS SHE
AND OTHER
LEGISLATORS HAVE
WORKED TO PASS
LAWS RESTRICTING
ABORTIONS.
BUT THE STATE'S
SUPREME COURT
COULD UNDO THAT.
"the state supreme
court could overrule
some of the restrictions
that have been placed
in Kansas that are in
line with Roe versus
Wade.
So there is concern
amongst this crowd that
the court might overturn
some legislation that
Kansas legislature has
passed" AND SHE
SAYS IF THAT
HAPPENS, THE
STATE'S NEW
DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR COULD
FURTHER UNRAVEL
THEIR PRO LIFE
WORK.
"certainly the governor
could use her ability.
If the court overthrows
our current restrictions.
It will be very difficult to
re enact those
restrictions with a
Governor who's pro
choice"
WE ALSO REACHED
OUT TO PRO CHOICE
GROUPS IN KANSAS -
BUT THEY DIDN'T
WANT TO COMMENT
FOR OUR STORY.
BUT THESE
ACTIVISTS SAY THEY
ARE NOT BACKING
DOWN FROM doing
MORE TO RESTRICT
ABORTIONS IN THE
STATE.
LIVE FROM ST.
MARY'S HANNAH
BRANDT KSNT
NEWS.###
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LENNINGTON:
