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Kansas state Rep. Lindsay Vaughn, D-Overland Park, speaks against a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the Kansas Constitution during a House debate, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Vaughn said if the amendment is enacted, it is likely to lead to a state ban on abortion, something backers of the measure dispute. (AP Photo/John Hanna, Pool)

Kansas state Rep. Lindsay Vaughn, D-Overland Park, speaks against a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the Kansas Constitution during a House debate, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Vaughn said if the amendment is enacted, it is likely to lead to a state ban on abortion, something backers of the measure dispute. (AP Photo/John Hanna, Pool)

Kansas state Rep. Bill Sutton, left, R-Gardner, confers with Rep. Adam Thomas, right, R-Olathe, as the House debates a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the Kansas Constitution, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The debate came on the 48th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's historic 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide. (AP Photo/John Hanna, Pool)

Kansas state Rep. Bill Sutton, left, R-Gardner, confers with Rep. Adam Thomas, right, R-Olathe, as the House debates a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the Kansas Constitution, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The debate came on the 48th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's historic 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide. (AP Photo/John Hanna, Pool)

Kansas state Reps. Brenda Landwehr, left, R-Wichita, and Susan Concannon, R-Beloit, confer during a House debate on a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the Kansas Constitution, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Both supported the measure, which would overturn a Kansas Supreme Court decision in 2019 that declared access to abortion a "fundamental" right under the state constitution. (AP Photo/John Hanna, Pool)

Kansas state Reps. Brenda Landwehr, left, R-Wichita, and Susan Concannon, R-Beloit, confer during a House debate on a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the Kansas Constitution, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Both supported the measure, which would overturn a Kansas Supreme Court decision in 2019 that declared access to abortion a "fundamental" right under the state constitution. (AP Photo/John Hanna, Pool)