Constitutional Amendment #2

BALLOT LANGUAGE

“Are you in favor of amending the Constitution of Kentucky by creating a new Section of the Constitution to be numbered Section 26A to state as follows: To protect human life, nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to secure or protect a right to abortion or require the funding of abortion?”

WHAT IT MEANS

Voting "Yes" is a vote to amend the Constitution of Kentucky to protect human life.

ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST

Yes

  • "EVERY human, including babies in the womb, deserves the most fundamental human right — the right to life. Passing the Yes for Life Amendment will ensure Kentucky’s Human Life Protection Act, Heartbeat Law, and other pro-life laws continue to prohibit the killing of unborn children in the womb."  YesForLifeKY.com, The Kentucky Citizen, Vol. XXXI No. 3, 3rd Quarter 2022.

  • "Voting 'YES' on Constitutional Amendment #2 will stop the left's radical abortion agenda in Kentucky and it will prevent your taxpayer $$$ from funding abortion!  The amendment ensures that our duly elected legislators make the laws of our state as our Constitution requires."  Addia Wuchner, RN, Executive Director, KRTL. "Pro-life Kentucky Update: Exciting News Continues!". KRLA Forum. Aug 30, 2022.   

  • "Voting YES on Kentucky Constitutional Amendment #2 will make Kentucky an abortion-free state and ensure that our tax dollars are not used to fund abortion."  Freedom's Heritage Forum

  • "Passing the Yes for Life Amendment will ensure our tax dollars can’t be used to pay for ending the life of an unborn child. Protecting tax dollars from funding abortion is a broadly supported, bipartisan issue. Unfortunately, the increasingly radical pro-abortion industry wants to force taxpayers to pay for abortion-on-demand." - YesForLifeKY.com, The Kentucky Citizen, Vol. XXXI No. 3, 3rd Quarter 2022.

  • "The Yes for Life amendment will prevent pro-abortion state judges in Kentucky from putting their own politics above the will of the people and creating their own Roe versus Wade." - https://fb.watch/fTCSgipWMP/  Video. :36

No

  • "This is about changing our constitution. The legislators and organizations behind this amendment believe all abortion should be illegal, no matter what. We cannot allow special interests to edit our constitution in an attempt to impose their personal beliefs on all Kentuckians." -  Protect Kentucky Access, 

  • "Amendment 2 and all anti-choice statutes interfere with the freedom and liberty of individuals and families to make critical and timely decisions with the best medical advice without government interference." Press Release. "Kentucky League Releases Position on Dobbs Ruling." League of Women Voters of Kentucky, July 27, 2022

  • "The amendment would ban a woman’s right to reproductive choice. This amendment was created following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade. Now, each state must decide if abortion and reproductive choice is legal. A 'no' vote will ensure that a woman  and her doctor--not the state constitution—governs personal health care decisions." - The People's Campaign

  • "Kentuckians deserve to make their own medical decisions — but that right is under attack. We must protect our rights by voting NO on Amendment 2!" - Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates East, Facebook status, September 30, 2022.

ENDORSEMENTS

Yes

Kentucky Right to Life Association (KRLA) (Conservative)

Freedoms Heritage Forum (Conservative)

Northern Kentucky Right to Life PAC (Conservative)

Commonwealth Policy Center (Conservative)

Ryan Quarles (Conservative)

No

Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (Liberal)

C-Fair (Liberal)

Protect Kentucky Access (Liberal)

Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates East (Liberal)

American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky (ACLU-KY) (Liberal)

FINANCIAL BACKING

The following information provides insight into the money being spent to pass or defeat the ballot measure.

Yes

Selected Contributions TO Yes for Life PAC include:

  • Right to Life Educational, Louisville, KY
  • The Family Foundation of KY, Lexington, KY
  • Sisters for Life, Louisville, KY
  • Kentucky Baptist Convention, Louisville, KY
  • Catholic Conference of Kentucky, Louisville, KY
  • Kentucky Baptist Convention, Louisville, KY
  • Kentucky Right To Life Association, INC., Louisville, KY
  • Sisters for Life Educational Fund Inc., Louisville, KY
  • Commonwealth Policy Foundation, Henderson, KY
  • Daniel, Hyslop, Omaha, NE
  • Donna, Walter, Lexington, KY
  • Scott, Majors, Caneyville, KY

No

Selected Contributions TO Protecting Kentucky Access PAC include:

  • Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Inc, New York , NY
  • Families United for Freedom, Phoenix, AZ
  • American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY
  • Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates Serving WA AK ID HI IN, Seattle, WA
  • Preston-Werner Initiatives, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
  • Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte, San Jose, CA
  • Fairness Campaign, Louisville, KY
  • Kentucky Religious Coalition, Louisville, KY
  • Mt. Baker Planned Parenthood, Bellingham, WA
  • Kentucky National Organization for Women, Lexington, KY
  • Hilary Bates, Woodside, CA
  • Garvin Brown, Louisville, KY
  • Owsley Brown, Louisville, KY
  • Judith Axelrod, Louisville, KY

OTHER INFORMATION

Yes

The following quote and source is neither for or against Constitutional Amendment #2:

  • "If approved, the measure changes Kentucky's constitution to eliminate the right to abortion."  Deborah Yetter, 
    "On Election Day, you'll decide whether to ban abortion in Kentucky". Louisville Courier Journal. September 26, 2022

No

The following quote and source is neither for or against Constitutional Amendment #2:

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