Proposed constitutional amendment would put abortion back on the Kansas ballot

TOPEKA — A Kansas Republican is once again looking for a path to stop abortion, with a new proposal to change the state constitution to say life begins at conception.

Sen. Mike Thompson, a Shawnee Republican, introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 1623 on behalf of Doug Johnson, calling it an “equal rights amendment.”

The same language is used in Senate calendar listings, where no mention is made of additional language that makes it an anti-abortion measure. According to its text, the amendment seeks to “clearly guarantee the equal rights of men and women, beginning at conception.”

The resolution currently sits in the Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs, which Thompson chairs. He has not added it to published agendas and didn’t respond to a Kansas Reflector request asking when it might be heard.




https://kansasreflector.com/2026/03/10/proposed-constitutional-amendment-would-put-abortion-back-on-the-kansas-ballot/