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Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors and 2 anti-abortion bills
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Quick Glance: Kansas Governor Kelly Blocks Gender Confirmation for Minors
  • Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat, vetoed a bill on gender confirmation for minors, leading to conflict with Republican state lawmakers.

  • The package of measures now goes back to the state Legislature, where the GOP majority is likely to have enough votes to override the governor's veto. Lawmakers are expected to return for a veto session on April 29.

  • The proposed measure would ban gender-affirming care for trans and non-binary youth in Kansas, including puberty blockers and surgeries, although surgical procedures on children are rarely performed.

  • The law would also allow lawsuits against doctors who would lose their licenses if they provide gender-affirming treatments to minors, and state funds like Medicaid would not be used for such treatments.
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Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors and 2 anti-abortion bills
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Quick Glance: Kansas Governor Kelly Blocks Gender Confirmation for Minors
  • Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat, vetoed a bill on gender confirmation for minors, leading to conflict with Republican state lawmakers.

  • The package of measures now goes back to the state Legislature, where the GOP majority is likely to have enough votes to override the governor's veto. Lawmakers are expected to return for a veto session on April 29.

  • The proposed measure would ban gender-affirming care for trans and non-binary youth in Kansas, including puberty blockers and surgeries, although surgical procedures on children are rarely performed.

  • The law would also allow lawsuits against doctors who would lose their licenses if they provide gender-affirming treatments to minors, and state funds like Medicaid would not be used for such treatments.
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Biden campaign puts reproductive rights front and center as it plans to tie Trump to abortion bans
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Quick Glance: March for Life Continues in Snowy D.C.
  • Thousands gather annually in D.C. for anti-abortion march, even after the end of Roe v. Wade.

  • Participants of all ages from across the country brave freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall to spread their message.

  • Organizers and participants are focused on the future of their movement, aiming to march until abortion is unthinkable.

  • Following the Supreme Court ruling on abortion rights, activists continue to mobilize for a long struggle, with some hoping for federal government action to restrict abortions.
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1 in 8 voters rank abortion as top issue: poll: The issue is resonating particularly with Black and Democratic women and those ages 18 to 49.
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1 in 8 voters rank abortion as top issue: poll
Quick Glance: Historic Moment: Right to Abortion Added to French Constitution
  • France becomes the first country to explicitly protect the right to abortion in its constitution.

  • The ceremony to formally change the constitution was held in Paris on International Women's Day.

  • President Macron emphasized the importance of women's rights progress for mankind.

  • The French government aims to push for better safeguards for abortion under EU law.
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Bill requiring abortion providers to ask patients their reason heads to KS Gov. Kelly
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Docs pressured me to abort, too. Kansas Republican right to try to criminalize coercion | Opinion
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KS lawmakers want to criminalize coercing someone into abortion. Some aim to go further
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Kansas Republicans want to require abortion providers to ask patients why they sought care
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Why Texas Republicans aren't talking about abortion in the primaries: In stump speeches, incumbents have been more likely to touch on immigration and school ...
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Why Texas Republicans aren't talking about abortion in the primaries
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Nina Turner: Ohio Voters Have Rejected GOP Power Grab in Victory for Democracy & Abortion Access
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Quick Glance: GOP alarmed by Ohio abortion vote
  • A special ballot measure in Ohio that would have made it tougher to protect abortion rights was rejected with a significant voter turnout.

  • Republican strategists are sounding the alarm, recognizing abortion as a problem for their party in 2024.

  • The results in Ohio suggest that abortion rights could be a critical issue for voters, potentially impacting the outcome of Senate races and the presidential contest.
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‘That number is zero.’ MO Gov. Parson touts abortion ban as campaign seeks to overturn it
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‘That number is zero.’ MO Gov. Parson touts abortion ban as campaign seeks ...
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Kansas Judge Says State Can’t Enforce New Abortion Pill Law: A Kansas judge has put a new state law on medication abortions on hold and blocked the state from ...
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Kansas Judge Says State Can’t Enforce New Abortion Pill Law
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My fellow pro-lifers, beware: Donald Trump is a fair-weather friend on abortion | Opinion
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AGs Kobach and Bailey set sights beyond Kansas and Missouri — targeting abortion drug | Opinion
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AGs Kobach and Bailey set sights beyond Kansas and Missouri — targeting ...
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How Kansas abortion protections could now impact voting, trans rights & death penalty
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How Kansas abortion protections could now impact voting, trans rights & ...
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Missouri abortion rights groups see path to overturn ban in 2024 after Ohio results
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Proposed Ohio abortion amendment will be on the November ballot: The Ohio Secretary of State's office has certified the proposed constitutional amendment ...
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Proposed Ohio abortion amendment will be on the November ballot
Quick Glance: Ohio GOP's Abortion Strategy Fails
  • Republicans faced a dilemma on abortion rights in 2022, which was evident in the ballot measures.

  • Last week, it was revealed that 57% of Ohioans opposed State Issue 1, which includes raising the threshold for ballot measures and other restrictions, compared to 26% in favor.

  • Even 32% of Republicans support the abortion rights amendment, while 57% oppose it.

  • Views on State Issue 1 do not align perfectly with views on the abortion amendment, but they could become more aligned in the coming weeks as people understand their interconnection.
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AG Bailey puts his abortion beliefs ahead of Missouri voters’ — and he wasn’t elected | Opinion
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Kansas governor vetoes measures to aid anti-abortion centers, limit health officials' power
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Kansas governor vetoes measures to aid anti-abortion centers, limit health officials' power
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Feds say hospitals broke the law by refusing to provide life-saving abortion: A complaint said a hospital denied care due to the "political environment."
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Quick Glance: Feds say Missouri and Kansas hospitals that rejected emergency abortions violated the law.
  • Two hospitals that refused to offer an emergency abortion to a pregnant woman who was in premature labor endangered her life and violated federal law, according to a first-of-its-kind federal inquiry.

  • The inquiry focuses on Freeman Health System in Joplin, Missouri, and the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, which refused to perform an abortion on a Missouri woman whose water broke at 17 weeks of pregnancy in August.

  • The University of Kansas Health System provides appropriate, stable, and quality care to all of its patients, including obstetric patients, in accordance with federal and Kansas law."
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Ashcroft’s failed attempt to mislead the public reflects a major problem in the United States
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Ashcroft’s failed attempt to mislead the public reflects a major problem ...
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US abortion advocates face doxxing as data scavenged online: Anti-abortion groups use data brokers and public records requests to find opponents' personal ...
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Roe V. Wade Overturned One Year On: Here’s Where The Money’s Going: Forbes broke down the millions that’s been spent on both sides of the abortion debate over ...
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Roe V. Wade Overturned One Year On: Here’s Where The Money’s Going
Quick Glance: The Supreme Court's Impact: Overturning Roe v. Wade and Changing America
  • Abortion is currently illegal in the state until further notice.

  • Kristen Lyerly, an OB-GYN and abortion care provider, no longer practices in Wisconsin but instead works in Minnesota where abortion rights are protected by state law.

  • The recent Dobbs decision caused an immediate halt in abortion care services.

  • State constitutions often have stronger protections for privacy, equality, and bodily autonomy than the U.S. Constitution.
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Kansas governor vetoes bill on live deliveries during abortion: Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill that could have penalized doctors accused of not ...
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Kansas governor vetoes bill on live deliveries during abortion
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Kobach hires firm that helped overturn Roe v. Wade to represent Kansas in abortion case
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Kansas House of Representatives passes bill requiring care for infants 'born alive' after abortion
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An investigation has found that Kate Forbes's first job in Holyrood was funded by an anti-abortion Christian lobby group

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Abortions in Kansas grew by thousands last year, driven by surge of out-of-state patients
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5 things Kansas doctors must tell abortion patients — despite a lack of medical evidence
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Sneaky ways cops could access data to widely prosecute abortions in the US: Third-party data brokers give police warrantless access to 250 million devices.
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Sneaky ways cops could access data to widely prosecute abortions in the US
Quick Glance: Top of the page A Georgia court has reinstated the state's abortion law.
  • November 23 (Reuters) - Georgia's top court ruled on Wednesday that a law prohibiting abortion after six weeks of pregnancy can be enforced while the state appeals a lower court judgment throwing it down.

  • The Georgia Supreme Court did not provide a justification for its majority decision.

  • In 2019, Georgia approved legislation prohibiting abortion when a baby heartbeat is found, which is usually around six weeks.

  • The law was immediately halted due to the right to abortion recognized by the United States Supreme Court in its famous Roe v. Wade decision in 1973.
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I fully respect antiabortion beliefs. But Kansas pro-life leaders are just plain lying | Opinion
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I fully respect antiabortion beliefs. But Kansas pro-life leaders are just ...
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Kansas abortion providers challenge in court 24-hour waiting period, other requirements
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Kansas abortion providers challenge in court 24-hour waiting period ...
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In Oklahoma, a woman was told to wait until she's 'crashing' for abortion care: A new study shows women who call the hospitals in Oklahoma get confusing ...
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In Oklahoma, a woman was told to wait until she's 'crashing' for abortion ...
Quick Glance: Poll: Two-thirds oppose pharmaceutical abortion ban
  • Only 37% indicated they have a lot or a good amount of faith in the court, while 62% said the reverse.

  • Notably, there is a large gap on this topic between Republican men and women: 61% of Republican men say they have mainly confidence in the court, but only 44% of Republican women do; 54% do not.

  • Supreme Court justices are appointed for life.

  • Republican women, for example, were less opposed to a law prohibiting pharmaceutical abortion than Republican males.
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Abortion bans fail in conservative South Carolina and Nebraska legislatures: Abortion bans in deeply conservative Nebraska and South Carolina each fell short of ...
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Abortion bans fail in conservative South Carolina and Nebraska ...
Quick Glance: Nebraska and South Carolina narrowly defeat tighter abortion restrictions
  • Nebraska and South Carolina barely defeated proposals to tighten abortion restrictions on Thursday.

  • South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey stated that anti-abortion votes just do not exist in the state legislature.

  • In January, the South Carolina Supreme Court found that a 6-week abortion ban was unconstitutional.

  • Jim Pillen encouraged the state senate to reconsider the six-week abortion prohibition.
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Kansas faces OB-GYN shortage. Providers warn new laws could further strain maternity care
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Kansas faces OB-GYN shortage. Providers warn new laws could further strain ...
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Abortion providers create mobile centers along border of state banning procedures
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Abortion providers create mobile centers along border of state banning ...
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These 14 GOP bills could become KS law despite vetoes from Gov. Laura Kelly. Here’s how
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These 14 GOP bills could become KS law despite vetoes from Gov ...
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'Our act of defiance': Why Planned Parenthood is launching its 1st mobile clinic
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Gov. Whitmer strikes 1931 abortion ban from Michigan constitution: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Wednesday repealing Michigan's abortion ...
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Gov. Whitmer strikes 1931 abortion ban from Michigan constitution
Quick Glance: Idaho is the first state to prohibit interstate abortion travel.
  • House Bill 242, which was signed by Gov.

  • BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Without parental consent, assisting a child in traveling to another state for an abortion will be a felony in Idaho beginning next month, pending a successful judicial challenge.

  • "Rather, the 'abortion trafficking' provision of the bill seeks only to prevent unemancipated minor girls from being taken across state lines for an abortion without the knowledge and consent of her parent or guardian,"abortion trafficking" provision seeks only to prevent unemancipated minor girls from being taken across state lines for abortions without the knowledge and consent of her parent or guardian," Little wrote.

  • House Bill 242 provides an affirmative defense to prosecution — the ability to provide evidence in court that disproves an allegation — if a "parent or guardian of the pregnant minor consented to trafficking of the minor."
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Opinion | A Promising New Path to Protect Abortion Access: States can enshrine a constitutional right that the Supreme Court eliminated.
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Opinion | A Promising New Path to Protect Abortion Access
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Missouri lawmakers blame vague wording of abortion ban for denial of emergency care
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Idaho bill would criminalize 'abortion trafficking' of minors traveling out of state
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We came to Kansas City for a big soccer tournament. Then the kids got locked out | Opinion
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Kansas lawmakers approve new abortion procedure bill that faces uncertain legal fate
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Quick Glance: Kansas Republicans plan to override the governor's veto of a transgender bathroom bill.
  • The bill addresses bathrooms, locker rooms, and other facilities, and strictly defines "sex" as "either male or female, at birth" - a move that LGBTQ+ advocates say would legally erase transgender people and deny recognition to non-binary, gender fluid, and gender non-conforming people.

  • The Kansas bill defines male and female based on the physical anatomy of a person at birth.

  • Carson made the remarks during a lobbying day for LGBTQ youth.

  • The bill's language would prohibit transgender people from changing their driver's licences and birth certificates, but Kansas is subject to a federal court order that allows birth certificate changes, which was issued in 2019.
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes bill requiring doctors to provide ‘abortion reversal’ info
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Attorney Erin Hawley, wife of MO senator, fighting to end FDA approval of abortion pill
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes the first anti-abortion bill passed after 2022 vote
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes the first anti-abortion bill passed after ...
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Kansans vote overwhelmingly to preserve abortion rights: Voters in Kansas turned out in record numbers Tuesday and overwhelmingly rejected a proposed amendment ...
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Kansans vote overwhelmingly to preserve abortion rights
Quick Glance: Abortion Rights Victory in Kansas
  • Peter Slevin writes about a Kansas ballot initiative that, if enacted, would have removed abortion rights from the state constitution.

  • They purposefully placed an incomprehensible ballot question on a midterm primary ballot that has historically drawn considerably more Republican voters than Democrats or independents.

  • Voters temporarily halted a push for stricter abortion restrictions in the state, boosting the spirits of battered Democrats around the country.

  • "I have four daughters," Ashley All, the Kansans for Constitutional Freedom spokesperson, told reporters on Wednesday morning.
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What will Laura Kelly veto? Kansas Democratic governor faces choices on key GOP bills
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What will Laura Kelly veto? Kansas Democratic governor faces choices on ...
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Should you get a vasectomy after Roe decision? Kansas City doctors explain how it works
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Should you get a vasectomy after Roe decision? Kansas City doctors explain ...
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Mifepristone: Potential restrictions on the abortion pill, explained: An Amarillo judge is weighing arguments in a lawsuit filed by anti-abortion groups ...
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Mifepristone: Potential restrictions on the abortion pill, explained
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5 things to know for January 4: House, Damar Hamlin, Covid-19, Abortion, Japan: Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
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5 things to know for January 4: House, Damar Hamlin, Covid-19, Abortion ...
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Kansas lawmakers near approval of ‘born alive’ abortion bill: The legislation deals with cases when an abortion procedure results in a live birth and would ...
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Kansas lawmakers near approval of ‘born alive’ abortion bill
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Pro-life, pro-choice: Why I choose not to suppress either side on Kansas tax credits | Opinion
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Kansas Supreme Court will weigh abortion rights for first time since overturn of Roe
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Kansas Supreme Court will weigh abortion rights for first time since ...