A poll conducted among Kansas' Catholic population showed that the majority favors allowing abortion rights to be decided at the state level.

The poll was conducted on Facebook between July 1 and 3 and was promoted to Kansas residents who identify as Catholic. Poll numbers revealed that nearly 70% of respondents were in favor of allowing the state to change the law regarding access to abortion, rather than relying on the federal government.

Overall, 69.7% of respondents – 182 people – support states' rights when it comes to regulating abortion.

Over 30% – 79 people – said such rights should lie with the federal government. The poll was conducted as Kansans are set to go to voting booths on August 2 to vote on the Value Them Both amendment to the state's constitution.

Kansas will be the first state in the country to let its residents vote on abortion rights following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. This decision will allow states to determine abortion laws individually.

On a state level, Kansas women currently have the right to undergo an abortion at any stage of pregnancy, according to a 2019 decision by the Kansas Supreme Court.

The Value Them Both amendment would change the state constitution to explicitly say that state residents are not provided the right to an abortion. This would nullify the existing law on which the state Supreme Court's opinion was decided. This would also reinstate existing abortion regulations in the state as well as open up the issue for further legislative efforts.

Abortions are currently allowed in Kansas up to 22 weeks of pregnancy.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment's Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics revealed 7,542 reports of abortion in Kansas in 2020. That was an increase of 9.1% percent from 2019.

With 3,901 of the reported abortions being for out-of-state resident, compared to 3,641 for in-state residents in 2020, abortions provided in Kansas for residents of other states outweighed those in their own.

No Kansas residents were reported to have undergone abortions inside or outside the state at 22 weeks or more of pregnancy.