US EditionKansas group fights campaign donor law it sees as a response to its success defending abortion
- Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, which played a key role in blocking an anti-abortion constitutional amendment in Kansas in August 2022, filed a federal lawsuit on May 16, 2025, challenging a new state law in U.S. District Court.
- The law, set to take effect July 1, 2025, aims to curtail foreign influence in elections, but the group says it is a direct response to their successful 2022 campaign and restricts free speech.
- The law bars groups campaigning on constitutional amendments from accepting direct or indirect foreign contributions over $100,000 within four years and threatens a four-year ban on electioneering for violations.
- Kansans for Constitutional Freedom raised nearly $11 million in 2022, with $1.5 million from the Sixteen Thirty Fund tied to Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss, whom lawmakers cited to justify the law.
- The lawsuit argues the law unconstitutionally restricts First Amendment rights and could prevent the group from funding future campaigns, including a 2026 effort opposing a Republican court-appointment amendment.
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Kansas group fights campaign donor law it sees as a response to its success defending abortion
A group that successfully defeated an anti-abortion ballot measure in Kansas has filed a federal lawsuit against a new state law aimed at curbing foreign influence in elections.
Kansas abortion advocacy group sues state officials over law banning foreign contributions
TOPEKA — A Kansas reproductive rights advocacy group, backed by a Washington, D.C. law firm, sued state officials over a new law banning financial contributions from “foreign nationals” to support or oppose constitutional amendments. The group, Kansans for Constitutional Freedom,…
UPDATED: Abortion rights coalition challenges law banning foreign contributions for amendment elections
(Updated to include more details about the Sixteen Thirty Fund) A leading coalition that opposed the 2022 constitutional amendment on abortion is challenging a state law that bans foreign money from flowing into campaigns for state constitutional amendments. Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, which opposed an amendment removing the right to an abortion from the Kansas Constitution in 2022, filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the law would inf…
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