Pregnant women would have to choose only riskier, less reliable procedures under the 2015 law, she argued. Defendants offer no facts and little argument about how these alternatives for bringing death promote greater respect for the value and dignity of human life as a substitute for D&E; instead, they offer only a theory, Watson wrote in her ruling.
Kansas was one of the first states in the country to pass a ban on the practice, which opponents have called dismemberment abortion.
Nancy Northrup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, cheered the ruling in a statement, saying it will protect health care for Kansans.
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View from the hill: Legislature closing in on turnaround
Carolyn McGinn
We have almost reached the halfway point in the session known as “turnaround,” where bills must have passed at least one chamber in the 2021 session. So far COVID-19 has not shut down our work. Many committees are working diligently trying to get new bills through, as well as bills that died last year due to the pandemic.
We started the year passing Value Them Both, a constitutional amendment concerning abortion that will be voted on by you in August 2022. Since it is a constitutional amendment, everyone can vote, including unaffiliated voters. We also passed a tax transparency bill, SB13, that removes the tax lid for local units of government but puts provisions in place that local government must notify taxpayers and have hearings if they plan to use the increases in assessed valuations. There were some timeline concerns about software and notification that came up during the debate, it is my understan
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Lawmakers in Kansas last week overwhelmingly passed a ballot proposal that, if approved by state voters, would amend the state constitution to clarify that there is no right to an abortion.
Senators in the Sunflower State voted 28 to 11 last Thursday to support Concurrent Resolution 5003, which places the amendment on the Aug. 2, 2022 state ballot, where a simple majority would be needed to change the state’s constitution.
The language of the amendment states that “the constitution of the state of Kansas does not require government funding of abortion and does not create or secure a right to abortion.”