Culture war clash gives Kansas new medication abortion law
April 28, 2023
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas clinics will be required to tell patients that medication abortions can be stopped using a drug regimen that the providers consider ineffective and potentially dangerous after a key legislative vote Thursday in the nation's ongoing partisan battle over culture war issues.
The Republican-controlled state Senate voted 29-11 along party lines to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of the medication abortion "reversal" measure. The GOP-controlled House overrode the veto Wednesday on an 84-40 vote, and the new law takes effect July 1.
Kelly vetoed more than a doze...
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