Kansas Democratic women’s club evaluates U.S. Senate candidate who put ‘fetal personhood’ into bill

By: Baya Burgess

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: June 11, 2026

Words: 570

Last Updated: 11 hours, 50 minutes ago

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TOPEKA — Democrats questioned U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Schmidt’s position on abortion Wednesday at a Capital Area Democratic Women meeting in Topeka.

Schmidt, a Democratic state senator from Topeka and the meeting’s guest speaker, defended an amendment he made last year to legislation establishing “fetal personhood” by allowing child support orders for pregnancy-related costs from the date of conception. He said he was trying to sabotage the bill.

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