THE KANSAS
STATEHOUSE
THIS AFTERNOON TO
PROTEST ON THE
ANNIVERSARY OF
ROE
VERSUS WADE -
THE
CONTROVERSIAL
SUPREME COURT
DECISION
THAT MADE
ABORTIONS
LEGAL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
NEW AT SIX...
KSNT NEWS
REPORTER
JAMES RYAN...
IS LIVE FROM THE
STATEHOUSE WITH
MORE
ON WHAT ACTIVISTS
FEEL
IS THE FUTURE FOR
THE
LAW HERE IN
KANSAS.
JAMES?###
BROOKE, IT'S BEEN
44 YEARS SINCE THE
ROE
V. WADE DECISION
BUT WITH NEW
LEADERSHIP IN
WASHINGTON - THE
HUNDREDS THAT
GATHERED
HERE TODAY ARE
HOPEFUL
THAT DECISION
COULD BE
OVERTURNED.###
"Everybody deserves a
chance at life."
PRO LIFE ACTIVISTS
MARCHED FROM THE
TOPEKA
PERFORMING ARTS
CENTER TO THE
CAPITAL
MONDAY
AFTERNOON TO
PROTEST THE
LANDMARK
ABORTION CASE -
ROE V.
WADE.
NATS FROM
PRAYER
HUNDREDS TOOK
PART IN
THE MARCH - MANY
CARRYING SIGNS
LIKE
THESE - READING
"CHOOSE LIFE" OR
"PRAY
TO END ABORTION"
AT THE CAPITAL
GOVERNOR SAM
BROWNBACK
SPOKE ABOUT THE
SANCTITY OF LIFE.
Men and women of
this
state, who know the
sacredness of human
life. All human life
at all stages from
conception until
natural death."
TOPEKA MOTHER
JANINE
HEINCKER BROUGHT
HER
FIVE CHILDREN TO
THE
CAPITAL FOR THE
MARCH.
"I cannot be at a
birth and not see the
miracle that is there
in that family. No
matter what kind of
struggles or
difficulties."
THIS COMES ONLY
TWO
DAYS AFTER
HUNDREDS
GATHERED HERE IN
SUPPORT OF
HEALTHCARE
LAWS AND A
WOMAN'S
RIGHT TO CHOOSE.
DESPITE THE
DIFFERENCE
- HEINCKER SAYS
IT'S
IMPORTANT TO
LISTEN
"Opening the dialogue.
Not just saying no to
abortion because no
one can do that"
AND TO HAVE
COMPASSION
"We don't know
everybodys story, but
we know everybody
needs love and that's
what it comes down
to."
NATS FROM
AMAZING
GRACE
WITH THE SUPPORT
OF
LAWMAKERS HERE -
AND
NEW LEADERSHIP IN
WASHINGTON -
HEINCKER
SAYS SHE TRUSTS
THAT
THE COUNTRY IS ON
THE
RIGHT TRACK.
"I do feel hope that
we have people on our
side. We have people
that are asking the
right questions and
listening to us."
DURING HIS SPEECH
- THE GOVERNOR
CLAIMED
THAT KANSAS IS THE
MOST PRO-LIFE
STATE IN
THE COUNTRY.
HE SAYS HE'S
SIGNED 17 PRO-LIFE
BILLS INTO LAW
DURING
HIS TWO TERMS AND
HE
PROMISED TO
CONTINUE
THAT FIGHT MOVING
FORWARD.
LIVE FROM THE
STATEHOUSE -
JAMES
RYAN, KSNT
NEWS.###
THANKS JAMES.
THE KANSAS
SUPREME COURT IS
SET
TO HEAR
ARGUMENTS OVER
ONE OF
BROWNBACK'S
PRO-LIFE LAWS.
THE 20-15 BILL
BANNED AN
ABORTION
PROCEDURE USED
IN THE
SECOND TRIMESTER.
THAT CASE IS SET
TO BEGIN ON MARCH
16TH.###
PRESIDENT TRUMP
