Roe v. Wade is gone.

[Pat Mustard]

The Catholic Church spent literally millions to make abortion illegal in Kansas, but they failed as people in Kansas voted against the law.

But when the draft opinion leaked showing that the U.S. Supreme Court would overturn Roe, abortion rights became a national debate again – and Kansas voters would be the first in the country to vote on abortion rights once the battle shifted to the states.

Money and messaging flowed in with the goal of influencing Kansas voters, who remain closely divided on the issue. Two organizations formed to campaign on either side raised — and spent — more than $11 million between them since the start of the year – most of it on political ads.

Catholic churches, conferences and affiliated organizations funded nearly two-thirds of the $5.4 million spent by the Value Them Both campaign in 2022, and gave the campaign nearly three-fourths of all the money it raised this year. Unlike with partisan political candidates, federal tax regulations allow churches to donate to and campaign on ballot measures.

Of the nearly $3.5 million funneled to the campaign by Catholic donors this year, $2.45 million came from the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. The archdiocese is the largest single donor to either campaign.

The remaining $1 million funneled from Catholics came from around the state — the Catholic Diocese of Wichita gave $550,000, the Kansas Catholic Conference gave $275,000 and other individual congregations throughout Kansas gave over $200,000.

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Expect to find that a lot of the people that voted to keep the right to choose will have lost their right to vote in November.