Because it is silent on the question of post-viability restrictions, opponents sought to characterize the amendment as a radical measure that would guarantee the right to an abortion “up until the moment of birth.” Rep. Anne Donahue, R-Northfield, a spokesperson for Vermonters for Good Government, the anti-abortion group that opposed the amendment, said the night’s outcome was of little surprise.“And this just makes me very, very proud of all of us.” “So many of you stepped up and knocked on doors and went to rallies and contributed and talked to your neighbors and made sure that people were not bamboozled by the ridiculous falsehoods we heard,” Lezak said.Vermont lawmakers first introduced Proposal 5 in 2019, fearing that a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court might one day overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that established the right to an abortion nationwide.In August, Kansas resoundingly rejected a ballot initiative that would have removed abortion protections from the state's constitution.A law passed in 2019, Act 47, explicitly protects abortion, although a precedent established by the Vermont Supreme Court’s Beecham v. Leahy decision in 1972 had already legalized the medical procedure and nullified a prior ban on the books."