Fri Dec 2, 2022 – 12:55 pm EST
(Live Action) — In an interview with The Cut, a key abortion activist has revealed the tactics she used to secure defeats of pro-life initiatives at the ballot box in Kansas and Kentucky.
Rachel Sweet served as the head of the pro-abortion coalition in Kansas opposing the pro-life ballot initiative, and subsequently also as the campaign manager for the Protect Kentucky Access pro-abortion initiative.
In August, Kansans rejected the “Value Them Both” ballot initiative that would have enabled the state legislature to enact protections for preborn children, and thus overcome the state supreme court’s ruling that abortion is a protected constitutional right, as Live Action News reported. In November, voters in Kentucky rejected Amendment 2, which would have explicitly stated that the state’s constitution does not protect the right to abortion. Pro-lifers hoped to pass this measure in light of the legal challenges to the state’s pro-life protections, which are currently before the state’s supreme court.
In the interview with The Cut, Sweet discussed her efforts to secure an outcome favorable to abortion advocates. In building her pro-abortion messaging campaigns, Sweet stated that it was imperative to do “research to figure out the messaging
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