Tag: Kansas
In the Courts: Recent News on U.S. Abortion Rights Cases
Challenging abortion restrictions and bans in state courts.
Center Files Lawsuit to Ensure Access to Abortion Drug in Three States
Lawsuit seeks to protect mifepristone access in Virginia, Montana, and Kansas in light of the drug’s legal uncertainty.
Kansas Telemedicine Ban Blocked, Allowing Expansion of Medication Abortion Services
The use of telemedicine is an important tool for increasing access to abortion care, especially in remote and underserved areas.
Kansans Reject Efforts to End State’s Constitutional Right to Abortion
In a victory for abortion rights, Kansans vote overwhelmingly to protect their right to abortion recognized by an earlier Kansas Supreme Court ruling.
Will Kansas pursue Texas-style abortion restrictions? Here’s what stands in the way.
“The Kansas constitution right now protects the right to abortion and any attempts to limit that right has to clear a really high bar,” explained Elisabeth Smith, the Center’s state policy director, to The Kansas City Star. The piece reports that anti-abortion legislators in the state are watching to see how the Center’s challenge to […]
Kansas Court Strikes Down Abortion Method Ban, Reaffirming Right to Abortion Under State Constitution
The Kansas state constitution’s protection of abortion rights was reaffirmed last week when a state court permanently blocked a ban on a standard method of abortion. The ruling came in a case brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of a Kansas OB/GYN and her medical practice.
Kansas Ban on Standard Abortion Method Struck Down as Unconstitutional
04.07.21 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, a Kansas state court permanently blocked the state’s ban on the standard method of abortion after approximately 14 to 15 weeks of pregnancy, a procedure known as D&E. The ruling comes after the Kansas Supreme Court recognized for the first time in 2019 that Kansans have a fundamental right to abortion under the state constitution, when the state appealed a temporary injunction in this case all the way up to the state’s […]
Kansas judge overturns ban on some abortions, citing state Supreme Court ruling
This Kansas City Star article quotes the Center’s Nancy Northup, president and CEO, about a recent Court victory that threw out a law banning a standard abortion method: “Today’s decision reaffirms that ruling and ensures that Kansans have access to the best abortion care. This ban made it a crime for doctors to use their […]
