The bill is similar to laws in at least 18 states that require the hospitalization of infants born during unsuccessful abortions and impose criminal penalties for doctors who don't try to save them.
a proposed change to the state constitution to overturn that decision and give lawmakers the power to greatly restrict or ban abortion.
House passage would send the measure to the Senate, where GOP leaders have also signaled they see it as a priority. “This bill takes away the right of a mother to make her own prviate medical decisions in the most complicated and heart-breaking of cases,” state Rep. Lindsay Vaughn, a Kansas City-area Democrat, said, explaining her “no” vote Wednesday. “This is a right the overwhelming majority of Kansans voted to protect.”
Kansas law bans most abortions after the 22nd week of pregnancy — when Kansas automatically considers a fetus able to survive outside the womb — and no abortions after that point have been reported since at least 2016. Not providing this care after unsuccessful abortions was already outlawed under a 2002 U.S. law, but it doesn't contain criminal penalties. The Republican-led U.S. Housein January to add penalties, but it's not expected to pass the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate.
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