Prasanth Reddy is desperately trying to hide his extreme stance on reproductive rights, but Kansas voters won’t be fooled. As reported today in the Kansas Reflector, Reddy continues to downplay his support for the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, claiming abortion is a “states’ rights issue.” But his endorsement from Kansans for Life and backing by extreme politicians pushing a national abortion ban without exceptions paint a different picture.

While Reddy cozies up to those pushing for dangerous abortion bans, Sharice Davids is fighting to protect Kansans’ rights and keep health care decisions where they belong — between a woman and her doctor. Reddy’s attempt to cover up his true agenda won’t work. Kansans rejected this extremism in 2022, and will again this November.

Read more in the Kansas Reflector:

“…Davids, a Democrat seeking reelection to a fourth term in Congress, positioned her campaign to appeal to voters who rejected an amendment to the Kansas Constitution in 2022 that would have allowed more restrictive state laws on abortion. She’s worked in Congress to codify into federal law provisions of Roe v. Wade, the landmark precedent struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Davids aired an attack ad that opened with a Kansas physician saying she swore an oath to put her patients first, the same oath Reddy pledged to uphold…It closed with the doctor declaring Reddy’s affiliation with conservative organizations and politicians seeking to ban all abortions was ‘wrong and dangerous.’

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‘When Prasanth Reddy calls abortion a ‘states’ rights issue,’ he’s endorsing state politicians interfering in Kansans’ most personal health care decisions,’ Donley said. ‘While Reddy tries to mask his extremism and cozy up to Washington politicians advocating for a national abortion ban, Sharice Davids is working to ensure health care decisions remain between a woman and her doctor — not politicians.’

Reddy, the Republican challenger, is a Johnson County physician backed by Kansans For Life’s PAC, the state’s leading anti-abortion organization. KFL helped write the failed constitutional amendment, which didn’t include exceptions for rape, incest or to save the life of a mother.

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During the congressional campaign, Reddy…welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision on Roe v. Wade, because it granted states an opportunity to craft their own provisions on abortion.

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He said he didn’t cast a vote on the state constitutional amendment two years ago, because he wasn’t certain of implications of the measure passing.

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In September, the Johnson County Republican Party added complexity to Reddy’s campaign by posted to Facebook a statement that said the idea that abortions were medically necessary was false because “the trauma of abortion delivering a dead baby is not less than delivering a live baby.”

The Kansas Democratic Party also urged Reddy to respond to the Johnson County GOP’s claim: ‘As for rape and incest, how do two wrongs make a right? A woman or girl is raped, so now a murder must also occur?’”