'Born alive' abortion bill OK'd in Kansas, sent to governor
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April 5, 2023
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Doctors accused of not providing enough care to infants born during abortion procedures in Kansas could face lawsuits and criminal charges under a bill that won final passage Tuesday in the state's Republican-controlled Legislature.
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 Kansas House voted 86-36 to approve a proposed "born-alive infants protection" law similar to a proposed law that Montana voters rejected in November. The Senate approved the m...
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