Dear editor,
I have contemplated responding to the editorial of July 5 and decided a few points need to be made.
Treatment of an ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage is not an abortion. Even the conservative Catholic church teaches this. Our attorney general has stated that Kansas law concurs. Abortion is the intional killing of an unborn child. Pregnant women will not be denied needed medical care. There may be some radicals in the legislature, but you cannot characterize a group by a few of its members.
The expansion of Medicaid is tied to this amendment. The sticking point for many is state funding of abortions. With this amendment the legislature can rectify this issue.
One could argue that Gov. Laura Kelly, not the legislature, is the hypocrite on food tax. She vetoed a bill in 2019 that would have started phasing the tax, making it zero next year. She claimed it would be fiscally irresponsible. Now that her reelection is at hand it is suddenly a priority for her. The bill was taken up again because of a letter sent to the legislature by her presumed opponent Derek Schmidt. Not by Kelly.
John Lynch,
Iola, Kan.
