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Kansas legislators pass a bill to require providers to ask patients why they want abortions (apnews.com)

submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave to c/health

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Republican legislators gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that would require Kansas abortion providers to ask their patients why they want to terminate their pregnancies and then report the answers to the state.

The Senate approved the bill 27-13 after the House approved it earlier this month, sending the measure to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. She is a strong abortion rights supporter and is expected to veto the bill, but supporters appear to have exactly the two-thirds majorities in both chambers they would need to override a veto.

At least eight states require similar reporting, but none of them has had a statewide vote on abortion rights as Kansas did in August 2022. In the first state ballot question on abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, voters decisively protected abortion rights under the state constitution.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

I would love to start a wave of answers like: because the state legislature keeps putting restrictions on abortion, this one’s out of spite.

[–] Cyberflunk 11 points 10 months ago

"Republican legislators" Name that filth. Shame them. Ruin them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I would recite Princess Leia’s ‘Only Hope’ plea to Obi Wan in Ep IV.