A district court judge in Kansas issued an order on Monday blocking several pro-life laws before he was sworn in to the state Supreme Court. He handed down the ruling on the eve of a primary election where Kansas voters will decide on a constitutional amendment that would change the process of how the state selects Supreme Court justices. His decision largely drew on an older decision from the state Supreme Court upholding a supposed constitutional right to abortion. The Kansas Attorney General’s Office had argued that the pro-life laws were necessary to allow women to understand their options before having an abortion. Kansas voters voted against a proposed constitutional amendment in 2022 that would have stripped protections for abortion from the state constitution.