He ruled the state’s abortion restrictions violated Kansans’ right to bodily autonomy and “infringe upon a woman’s fundamental rights.” Kansas abortion providers and clinics sued the state in June 2023, and Jayaram temporarily blocked restrictions that were passed by the Legislature over the course of more than two decades. “If you think the Supreme Court is not political in Kansas, then wait ’til you hear what just happened,” Jones said. “Kansans should be outraged with the political machinations of their current Supreme Court,” Jones told Kansas Reflector. Republicans who support the question’s passage have said the Supreme Court erred in its rulings to affirm abortion as a fundamental right under the Kansas Constitution.