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Republican state lawmakers on Tuesday continued their attempts to implement sweeping new restrictions on abortion.
House Bill 1102 would add providing an abortion to a list of unprofessional conduct for doctors and require their license be suspended for at least one year. The bill allows an exception for abortions to save a mother’s life or prevent irreversible physical impairment.
Gloria Pedro with Planned Parenthood Great Plains noted GOP lawmakers passed the bill the day after International Women’s Day. HB1102 is just another politically motivated attempt by opponents of abortion to attack providers and intervene in personal and private decisions by playing politics with women’s health. We have to remember, there can be no gender equity without equal access to health care, Pedro said.