LAWRENCE — Leslie Butsch is optimistic that affinity for self-determination in decisions about medical care will doom any Kansas constitutional amendment seeking to limit access to abortion. Potential of Republican-led forces in the House and Senate placing an amendment on 2020 ballots escalated since the Kansas Supreme Court issued a landmark opinion in April declaring the Kansas Constitution protected a woman's right to an abortion. The justices said Kansans had a right to make their own "decision regarding their bodies, their health, their family formation and their family life...
