Topeka ? Eight Kansas University students opposed to abortion demonstrated Thursday outside the Capitol to protest Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ support of a woman’s right to an abortion.

“We are repelled by the governor’s insistence that she is personally opposed to abortion, while she consistently opposes every measure designed to regulate the procedure,” said Katy Cortese, a sophomore from Des Moines, Iowa, and president of KU Students for Life.

Carrying a sign that read: “One third of my generation silenced by abortion,” Emily McEnroe, a Lawrence sophomore, said, “It’s a human rights issue. It’s a matter of life and death.”

Sebelius supports a woman’s right to an abortion, but has said she would not seek changes in existing restrictions.

Her opponent in the gubernatorial election, state Sen. Jim Barnett, R-Emporia, has said protecting life at conception “is at the core of who I am.” But he has said that absent action by the U.S. Supreme Court, the state can’t restrict abortion any further.

Sebelius has twice vetoed legislation that would have imposed new regulations on abortion clinics, saying that clinic standards should be set by medical professionals instead of legislators.

Last session, she vetoed a bill that would have required physicians to provide information to the state that would say whether the fetus from a late-term abortion was abnormal.

In her veto message, Sebelius said the bill did nothing to reduce the number of abortions in Kansas and would have invaded patients’ privacy.