Kansas Abortion

Lawmakers Pass Sweeping Anti-Abortion BIll

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.04.2012

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Following more than two hours of emotional debate, the Republican-controlled Kansas House of Representatives passed a sweeping 69-page anti-abortion b...

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Sweeping Anti-Abortion Bill Could Face Vote Friday

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.03.2012

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Kansas lawmakers are gearing up for a possible fight over an abortion bill Friday, two days after the state Senate passed a bill allowing health-care ...

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Pro-Choice Group Plans To Aid Moderate GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.10.2012

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A pro-choice group that worked with an abortion doctor who was gunned down in 2009 will be assisting Republican Kansas state senators in their bid to ...

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Kansas In Legal Battle Over Custody Of Patient Records

AP | JOHN HANNA | Posted 04.05.2012

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TOPEKA, Kan. — A federal agency has received a civil rights complaint about a former Kansas abortion provider's disposal of hundreds of patients...

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GOP Lawmakers Allow Doctors, Pharmacists To Refuse Treatment

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.31.2012

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The Republican-controlled Kansas House of Representatives this week passed legislation making it easier for doctors, nurses and pharmacists to deny ab...

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Why Stop at Abortion? Let's Demean and Humiliate Gays, Smokers and the Obese!

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.23.2012

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Why not force gays and lesbians to watch heterosexual pornography before they get hitched in the handful of states where they can legally marry? Maybe by watching men and women having sex, gays and lesbians will realize the error of their sinful ways!

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Anti-Abortion Bill Could Tax Rape Victims

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.08.2012

The sweeping anti-abortion bill working its way through the Kansas Legislature would levy a sales tax on women seeking abortions, including rape victi...

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Anti-Abortion Bill Jeopardizes Medical Education Program

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.05.2012

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Kansas lawmakers are rushing to save the state's OBGYN medical residency program, which is threatened by the state's sweeping anti-abortion bill. ...

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GOP Governor Likely To Sign Sweeping Abortion Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.29.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) indicated that he is likely to sign the state's sweeping anti-abortion bill, which includes a provision th...

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'This Is The Largest And Most Sweeping Overhaul,' Says Abortion Rights Advocate

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.06.2012

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Kansas lawmakers have been given six days to consider one of the most sweeping state anti-abortion bills to be introduced. A Kansas House committee...

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Doctors Call New Kansas Abortion Clinic Regulations 'Irrational'

AP | JOHN HANNA | Posted 12.27.2011

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TOPEKA, Kan. — Three doctors who perform abortions in Kansas will challenge new regulations for their clinics even after the rules were revised ...

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Judge Refuses To Block Controversial Kansas Abortion Law

AP | ROXANA HEGEMAN | Posted 11.29.2011

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WICHITA, Kan. — A federal judge refused Thursday to block a new Kansas law restricting insurance coverage for abortions, saying opponents failed...

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Kansas To Comply With Planned Parenthood Order

AP | By ROXANA HEGEMAN | Posted 10.31.2011

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WICHITA, Kan. -- Kansas officials said Wednesday the state will obey a federal judge's order to immediately fund Planned Parenthood clinics while the ...

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Judge Orders Kansas To Resume Planned Parenthood Funding

AP | ROXANA HEGEMAN | Posted 10.30.2011

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WICHITA, Kan. — A federal judge ordered Kansas to immediately resume funding a Planned Parenthood chapter on the same quarterly schedule that ex...

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Virginia Tells Abortion Clinics Where To Set The Thermostat

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 10.25.2011

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The Virginia Department of Health will release proposed clinic regulations on Friday that target abortion providers and could potentially shut many of...

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Kansas Restrictions on Private Abortion Coverage Are Challenged In Court

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 10.16.2011

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The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against a new Kansas law that bans the coverage of abortion as part of standar...

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Judge Blocks Kansas Law That Would Defund Planned Parenthood

AP | ROXANA HEGEMAN | Posted 10.01.2011

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WICHITA, Kan. — An incredulous federal judge on Monday rejected the state's claim that a new Kansas statute that denied Planned Parenthood feder...

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States Pass Record Wave Of Anti-Abortion Laws

AP | DAVID CRARY and TIMBERLY ROSS | Posted 09.21.2011

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OMAHA, Neb. — Inspired by a contentious Nebraska law, abortion opponents in five other states have won passage of measures banning virtually all...

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Kansas Hires Koch Brothers' Attorneys To Defend Against Planned Parenthood

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 09.11.2011

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After passing a measure to defund Planned Parenthood over the non-issue of "taxpayer-funded abortions" last month, the state of Kansas has hired an ex...

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Kansas Abortion Rules Spark Patient Privacy Fears

AP | JOHN HANNA | Posted 09.04.2011

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TOPEKA, Kan. — Abortion-rights supporters worried Tuesday that regulations Kansas is trying to enact would give the state health department unfe...

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Kansas Abortion Law Blocked By Federal Judge

AP | JOHN HANNA | Posted 08.31.2011

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal judge temporarily blocked Kansas from enforcing new abortion regulations Friday that would have prevented two of t...

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Restrictive Kansas Abortion Law Challenged In Federal Court

AP | JOHN HANNA | Posted 08.31.2011

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal judge temporarily blocked Kansas from enforcing new abortion regulations Friday that would have prevented two of t...

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Kansas Abortion Clinics Face Shutdown Risk

Posted 08.30.2011

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Abortion clinics in Kansas run the risk of being denied licenses and could be closed on Friday. A new state law that requires abortion providers to...

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One Clinic Down, Two To Go: Kansas Kicks Abortions

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 08.29.2011

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A new law in Kansas that imposes strict requirements for abortion clinic facilities has made it nearly impossible for the state's three abortion provi...

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Unintended Pregnancies Cost Taxpayers $11 Billion A Year: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 07.24.2011

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During a recent debate over a bill that would make it necessary for women to buy separate, abortion-only insurance policies to cover the expensive pro...

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