Dec 22, 2021

Mattivi: Next AG must defend 'Value Them Both'

Posted Dec 22, 2021 4:16 PM
Tony Mattivi for AG
Tony Mattivi for AG

By NICK GOSNELL

Hutch Post

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Kansas Republican Attorney General candidate Tony Mattivi sees a big case coming for the next AG that he believes he is uniquely qualified to deal with.

"The next attorney general is the person who is going to have the privilege of standing at the podium in front of the Kansas Supreme Court and defending the Value Them Both amendment," Mattivi said. "The attorney general who is elected this time is going to be the person tasked with managing all of the litigation surrounding the Value Them Both amendment. You can bet that when that amendment passes, the other side, that lobby is coming after it. They are going to challenge it in court. We need an attorney general who is experienced in court, who is experienced with complex litigation and is going to be capable of beating back those challenges to that very valuable and very worthwhile amendment."

The Value Them Both Amendment is on the ballot in August of 2022.

"A couple of years ago, the Kansas Supreme Court issued a ruling where they found, in the Kansas Constitution, the right to an abortion," Mattivi said. "They found that it was a constitutional right in Kansas. That invalidated a number of anti-abortion laws and it made Kansas something of a mecca for abortion. Folks from surrounding states come to Kansas to have abortion done, increasingly so, since the Texas law passed. What the Value Them Both Amendment does is, it is a constitutional amendment establishing that there is no right to an abortion in the Kansas Constitution. That lets our legislators legislate in the area of abortion. It lets the legislature control the abortion laws in Kansas, which I submit is the way that it should be."

The Value Them Both Amendment could be even more important if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade this summer, because then, those seeking abortions would have to get them in states where the state has made them legal, which is what they would still be in Kansas if the amendment does not pass.

To find out more about Mattivi's campaign, go to tonymattivi.com.