Abortion opponents who've become used to giving orders to Kansas lawmakers on the exact wording of new restrictions are stymied now that they face compromising to get a proposed
anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution on the ballot.
After falling short in a House vote three weeks ago,
abortion opponents have pressured a dozen members who voted no, moderate
Republicans and
Democrats who are Catholic or who represent relatively conservative or heavily Catholic districts.
Kansans for Life, the state's most influential anti-abortion group and a GOP power-broker, has for years told lawmakers what proposals to pursue and has watched them approve the group's language and echo its talking points.