This week’s Kansas primary, where the Value Them Both amendment was put to the test saw last-minute dueling by both sides of the topic of abortion.

“Planned Parenthood is really terrified of what might happen to their business in Kansas,” Obianuju Ekeocha, pro-life activist and author, tweeted. “We pray that every avenue for revenue will be permanently closed to them. Put the #AbortionIndustryOutOfBusiness.”

Ekeocha's tweet was in response to a tweet from Planned Parenthood Action, which said, "Today is the day! Kansans will head to the polls today for a historic ballot measure vote that will determine the fate of abortion rights in their state. If the measure wins, it would eliminate any right to abortion in the state constitution.”

The Value Them Both amendment, which failed in Tuesday’s vote, would not have banned abortion in the state. Rather, it would have left the door open for lawmakers to enact protections, restrictions, and regulations, such as requiring informed consent and parental notification of abortion for minors, a website on the measure said.

The Value Them Both amendment would have essentially undone a 2019 Kansas Supreme Court ruling that stated women have a right to abortion at any point in pregnancy. Abortions in Kansas increased by 4.1% in 2021, from 7,542 abortions in 2020 to 7,849 in 2021, which was the most abortions performed in the state since 2011, the Topeka Capital Journal reported. 751 of those abortions were performed on teenagers, 6 of whom were under the age of 14. 32% of the women had had at least one prior abortion. 3,458 of the women traveled to Kansas from Missouri to undergo abortions.

This was the first opportunity for a state's voters to vote on abortion access since the Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v Wade in June. Fox News reported that 58.8% of Kansas voters voted "no" on the amendment, while 41.2% voted “yes."