![]() The archdiocese is the largest single donor to either campaign. ![]() Of the nearly $3.5 million funneled to the campaign by Catholic donors this year, $2.45 million came from the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. Unlike with partisan political candidates, f ederal tax regulations allow churches to donate to and campaign on ballot measures. Catholics Funded Most of Value Them Both CampaignĬatholic churches, conferences and affiliated organizations funded nearly two-thirds of the $5.4 million spent by the Value Them Both campaign in 2022, and gave the campaign nearly three-fourths of all the money it raised this year. With the election days away and many Kansas voters still to cast their deciding ballot, here is a look at who is behind messaging on both sides of the campaign. Two organizations formed to campaign on either side raised - and spent - more than $11 million between them since the start of the year – most of it on political ads. Money and messaging flowed in with the goal of influencing Kansas voters, who remain closely divided on the issue. Supreme Court would overturn Roe, abortion rights became a national debate again – and Kansas voters would be the first in the country to vote on abortion rights once the battle shifted to the states. Constitution.īut when the draft opinion leaked showing that the U.S. Wade, the 1973 landmark case that established abortion as a right protected by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. The amendment was placed on the ballot long before the news broke in May of the U.S. ![]() Members of the KC Media Collective include Kansas City PBS/Flatland, KCUR 89.3, Missouri Business Alert, Startland News, The Kansas City Beacon and American Public Square. This story is part of a series on the 2022 election produced by the KC Media Collective, an initiative designed to support and enhance local journalism.
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