Health care providers in Kansas will now face criminal penalties over the care they provide to a baby delivered during an abortion procedure, after Kansas Republicans and a few Democrats voted to override the veto of Gov. Laura Kelly (D) on Wednesday. Read more at The Hill
The legislation faces an uncertain fate in a legal and political climate that’s made Kansas an outlier on abortion policy among states with GOP-led legislatures. The bill applies not only to “botched” or “unsuccessful” abortions but also when doctors induce labor to deliver a fetus that is expected to die within minutes or even seconds … Read more
In Kansas, the Planned Parenthood center has turned away about 85% of women seeking abortions, officials say, after they have been inundated with demand from patients from states where the procedure was outlawed when federal protections were removed. * “I think there’s a perception that if you are seeking care, you can find it somewhere. … Read more
In Colorado, abortion medication comes from a van parked near the state border. In Illinois, an organization is recruiting pilots to fly patients out of restrictive states. And in the Gulf of Mexico, an OB-GYN envisions a clinic at sea. These headline-grabbing projects for abortion access are among the more audacious ways abortion-rights supporters are … Read more
Breanna O’Brien said she was 20 weeks pregnant with her first child in June and in the process of decorating the nursery when she and her husband Kyle received a devastating diagnosis. Read more at ABC News
The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the constitutional right to abortion is creating “chaos” in the health care sector as some states see a spike in women seeking abortions and physicians are unsure of their legal rights, lawmakers were told in a hearing on Tuesday. The ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization … Read more
