Kansas high court strikes down pair of anti-abortion laws
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The state's high court found that the laws — which put a ban on dilation and evacuation abortions and levied stricter abortion provider regulations — violated a section of the Kansas Constitution, which guarantees equal rights.
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The Kansas Supreme Court has struck down state laws regulating abortion providers more strictly than other health care providers and banning a common second-trimester procedure. The court’s decisions Friday in
The Kansas Supreme Court has reaffirmed its stance that the state constitution protects abortion access. The court's decisions Friday in separate cases struck down a ban on a common second-trimester procedure and state laws regulating abortion providers more strictly than other health care providers…
The court's dissenting justice, widely seen as its most conservative, warned that Kansas is headed toward “a legal regime of unrestricted access to abortion.”
Kansas has become an outlier among states with Republican-controlled Legislatures since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its Dobbs decision in June 2022, allowing states to ban abortion completely.
The rulings were the latest blow for abortion opponents in Kansas, where abortion protections in the State Constitution have vexed Republicans for years.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ highest court on Friday struck down state laws regulating abortion providers more strictly than other health care professionals and a ban on a common second-trimester procedure, reaffirming its stance that the state constitution protects abortion access.
The state's high court found that the laws — which put a ban on dilation and evacuation abortions and levied stricter abortion provider regulations — violated a section of the Kansas Constitution, which guarantees equal rights.
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled against two anti-abortion laws, suggesting other restrictions could fall. The state has received numerous patients from states with tighter laws.
