Harrison Butker is one of many high profile Catholics coming out in public support of the Value Them Both amendment.

Butker won a Super Bowl in 2020 with the Kansas City Chiefs. He has been the team’s kicker since 2017 and ranks second in career field goal percentage of any kicker. In his first season, he set the record for the most field goals made by a rookie.

A Kanas City, Kansas, resident, Butker published an opinion piece in this edition of the Kansas Catholic Tribune in support of Value Them Both.

“Value Them Both amendment is so essential to enshrining the protection of all human life and making Kansas a place where all children are valued and protected at every stage of life,” Butker said in the opinion piece.

“Additionally, this amendment prohibits taxpayer-funded abortions. Any move of this magnitude in a post-Roe world will bring millions of dollars into the state from the abortion industry and their allies. We must show the world that Kansans value life and are ready to enshrine this into the state's constitution.”

Butker has come out in support of a wide range of issues connected to the Catholic faith.

The Catholic News Agency previously detailed his defense of traditional Latin Mass.

“I think God has definitely given me a platform. He's given me a voice for a lot of people that aren't able to voice their opinions," Butker said in a question-and-answer session with CNA. "I put so much into being the best kicker I can possibly be and for whatever reason, God has allowed me to continue to be successful as a kicker. I'm so thankful for that. My success in football has given me a pedestal and I feel a responsibility to raise awareness to different issues that I think God wants me to bring to the forefront."

Butker is also a member of the Knights of Columbus, an international Catholic fraternal service with arms in nearly every community in the state of Kansas.

He discussed his participation in the 55th annual College Councils Conference at its 2020 conference, themed “Brothers in the Breach.”

“Giving into societal pressure is the easier road to travel for sure, but that doesn’t bring us to the side of the countless heroic saints who have shown us the better way,” Butker said at the conference. “It is up to you to speak up, do more, be more. Be the light in the ever-darkening world.”

Butker said his Catholicism came to fruition at Georgia Tech, where he was exposed to the preaching and ministry of Father Joshua Allen, the campus chaplain.

Butker is just one of several high profile supporters.

Former Secretary of Defense Mike Pompeo returned to Wichita after wrapping up his time in Washington, D.C., under former President Donald Trump.

Before making the move back home, where he served Kansas's 4th Congressional District from 2011 to 2017, Pompeo noted a longing to return to his church community.

In 2021, Pompeo visited Wichita for a Kansans for Life fundraiser, where he helped raise funds for the Value Them Both movement.

“Kansans for Life is the state’s most powerful and respected voice on life issues," Pompeo said at the event. "Their long line of accomplishments and successes prove KFL is the voice we need for the pro-life battles ahead. Each of you needs to redouble your efforts to support KFL, without whose support it is unlikely I would have become a congressman, CIA director or secretary of state. KFL endorsed me in my first race and was a core part of my success."

“If we all devote ourselves to this important cause to protect every life, I am confident that 20, 40 and 60 years from now America will reflect well on us, and our Republic will still stand. There will be many happy lives in the world that would not have been here without your work and that of Kansans for Life.”

Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union and the Kansas CPAC 2022, has been an outspoken advocate of Value Them Both. He was the White House political director under former President George W. Bush.

Evangelist Dr. James Dobson, who hosts a popular radio show, Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk, and is a regular commentator on Fox News, has also come out in support of the amendment.

He was an early endorser of the legislation.

“On August 2nd, the voters of Kansas will decide the fate of the proposed VALUE THEM BOTH state constitutional amendment, which seeks to reclaim the right of the people to regulate abortion through their elected representatives," Dobson posted of the amendment on his website. "Many Kansans are unaware that this right was taken from them in 2019, when the Kansas Supreme Court created a 'right' to abortion in the wording of the state’s constitution. This critical moment is a one-time opportunity for Kansans to reverse a great injustice. The amendment protects over 20 pro-life state laws that have been established over the last two decades."

The entire Kansas Republican congressional delegation supports the amendment.

In the wake of the leak of the draft option overturning Roe v. Wade, Kansas' Congressional Republicans noted support of the change.

“Overturning Roe will be a monumental win for the unborn babies of our nation," Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-Kansas) told WIBW-TV Topeka. "Sadly, it will not solve our issue in Kansas. We must pass the Value Them Both amendment to ensure our state does not become a hub for unlimited abortions."

Passion of The Christ actor Jim Caviezel has also come out publicly in support of the amendment.

“All children, regardless of physical or mental challenges, are perfect in God’s eyes and each teaches the world how to truly love. God needs us to be courageous in defending these and all of his precious children,” Caviezel said at a Kansans for Life event in February.