Posted on 04/29/2024 10:21:38 AM PDT by Morgana
The Kansas state House has voted to override vetoes from pro-abortion Democrat Governor Laura Kelly.
The lower chamber of the legislature voted to override her veto of two pro-life bills.
One measure promotes adoption by establishing adoption savings accounts, increasing tax credits for adoptive families, eliminating sales tax burden for pregnancy resource centers, and creating tax credits for donors to those organizations. The other bill would protect women from coerced abortions.
The House voted 85-40 on both override votes and now the vote heads to the Senate, where successful override votes are expected.
While abortion advocates often claim that pro-life Americans don’t support adoption, it’s a pro-abortion Democrat governor who made it clear that she doesn’t support adoptive families and children. The Democrat governor used her veto pen to block existing resources giving financial relief to families longing to adopt children and support to organizations that assist moms who want to choose life for their babies.
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But thanks to the legislature, adoptive families will get more support once the vto override is concluded.
“By her heartless veto, Governor Kelly has shown once again that her only allegiance is to the profit-driven abortion industry, and not to vulnerable Kansas women, children, and families. KFL calls on legislators to override the governor’s veto of HB 2465 when they return to Topeka next week,” said Jeanne Gawdun, KFL Director of Government Relations.
“Four times this legislative session, Gov. Coercion Kelly has proved her abortion extremism,” said Jeanne Gawdun, Kansans for Life Director of Government Relations, in an email to LifeNews.
“First, she vetoed protections for women who are coerced into abortions and shot down transparency in state statistics reporting; then she blocked financial relief to families hoping to adopt. Now she wants to remove resources for women facing unexpected pregnancies. It’s clear the only ‘choice’ the Kelly/Toland Administration supports is abortion.”
Kansans for Life urges legislators to stand with Kansas women and families by overriding Gov. Kelly’s extreme, out-of-touch, veto.
Someone explain the states to me. Kansas and my state of Kentucky voted Pro-Abortion on ballot initiatives in recent years. And yet they elect conservative legislators who easily override the Pro-Abortion vetoes of Democrat Governors. Ohio will probably go for Trump again and yet last year they put abortion and recreational marijuana in their constitutions. Creeping nihilism? People who want social liberalism but want total Democrat rule checked because they think it is a horror show?
Praise God!
States and the USC might save our sorry asses...?
It’s vote fraud.
Real Kansas vs the ruling class and their puppet
HB 2465
Enacting the adoption savings account act allowing individuals to establish adoption savings accounts with certain financial institutions, providing eligible expenses, requirements and restrictions for such accounts and establishing addition and subtraction modifications for contributions to such accounts under the Kansas income tax act, increasing the income tax credit amount for adoption expenses, establishing an income, privilege and premium tax credit for contributions to eligible charitable organizations operating pregnancy centers or residential maternity facilities and providing for a sales tax exemption for purchases by pregnancy resource centers and residential maternity facilities.
This bill appears to have nothing to do with actual abortion, but tax credits by pregnancy resource centers and residential maternity facilities, which I assume are conservative places for pregnant woman to get resources, etc.
This bill has only been overridden in the state house, not the state senate.
https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2465/
First the idea that the governor would veto such a bill is ridiculous, but to use this as some sort of limit test is also ridiculous. I could think of several reasons I might not support this bill on a taxation argument.
How in the world does a state that has a vast majority of conservative voters, elect an overwhelming GOP majority in the state legislatures, yet, they still end up voting in a democratic governor. It boggles the mind.
This bill appears to have nothing to do with actual abortion, but tax credits by pregnancy resource centers and residential maternity facilities, which I assume are conservative places for pregnant woman to get resources, etc.
That pro-lifers "only care about unborn babies and not born babies and their mothers" is a frequently used talking point from abortion advocates. Legislation like this exposes this lie and is a threat to the effectiveness of this talking point, which means they need to make every effort to quash it.
As a Kansas resident, I might be able to clarify that to some extent. Kansas is largely a rural, conservative state. We people out in here on the farms and ranches vote overwhelmingly for conservative candidates in our districts. The governor’s race is a state wide election and unfortunately
we are outnumbered by the major metropolitan areas like Shawnee, Jackson, Johnson, Sedgewick and Douglas counties. These are the places where the vermin live. Sorry, shouldn’t have used that vernacular. It’s the same reason democrat governor Kathleen Sebelius was elected to two terms, possibly the most anti-gun, pro-abortion person I’ve ever read about.
I retired from the federal government last year, and I am a veteran, and while I'm waiting on my SS and VA disability claims to come to fruition, I've been looking for a new state to retire to and Kansas and Nebraska were high on my list. However, I heard that Kansas taxes social security income (???) and if that's the case then I don't think retiring there would be a good idea.
Can you provide some insight into Kansas life, politics, etc? Thanks.
Yep, they tax my social security, which sucks. Unfortunately, Kansas is not one of the least expensive states to retire in. But other than that it’s a great state to live in, especially in a small rural town, or on a few acres somewhere. I’m a retired software engineer, but I still farm and ranch. So, all in all life is pretty good out here on the prairie. Regards. Would love to have a fellow conservative as my neighbor.
My SS bènefits were neveŕ taxed. Perhaps it depends on income level?? Or maybe some of you are claiming it as earned income on your taxes?
Kansas taxes are pretty bad.
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