# @thekansascitystar on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg4c844s7nL
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19116059-thekansascitystar-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-08-05T15:00:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kansas City Star (@thekansascitystar) — https://gondola.cc/thekansascitystar

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When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, it threw Dr. Sabrina Markese into an emotional tailspin.

She was supposed to go to dinner with her mom and stepfather the next day. But the idea of breaking bread with staunch Catholics who oppose abortion was a bridge too far. She canceled and spent the day in bed.

After nearly 30 years as a family physician in Kansas, Markese decided it was time to speak her mind publicly, to join the effort to reject an amendment to the state constitution that would have removed the right to abortion.
 
“I’ve never really been so outspoken as I am now,” said Markese, who lives in Olathe.
 
She schooled herself on the amendment proposal, engaged in Facebook conversations — many heated ones with Catholic family members — placed Vote No signs again and again in high-traffic spots in Johnson County, and, in oppressive heat at the Wyandotte County Fair, handed out signs and stickers.
 
She tweeted. She marched at rallies in Wichita and Topeka with hundreds of other people, stood with them on the steps of the state Capitol in Topeka in solidarity. 
 
She also publicly revealed a secret that only her mother knew, personal history that bolstered her belief that patients should have the right to decide what happens to their body without intervention from politicians, or a church.
 
Read more about her journey and reaction to the Kansas abortion vote at the link in our bio ✏️ Lisa Gutierrez
 
#Kansas #Abortion #RoeVWade #ValueThemBoth #KansasElection #OlatheKS

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olatheks, kansas, valuethemboth, roevwade, kansaselection, abortion

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