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It's legal to terminate a pregnancy up to 22 weeks in Kansas, around the roughly the viability window established by Roe in 1973. There were 7,849 abortions in the state last year.
The "Value Them Both" amendment would pave the way to a complete ban of abortion in Kansas despite language implying otherwise, panelists said Saturday. If the majority votes "yes" in August, legislators could ban abortions even in cases of rape, incest, and risk of death.