Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (c), signed Senate Bill 95 banning dismemberment abortions on Tuesday April 7, 2015. | (Photo: Twitter)
A judge has struck down a Kansas law that banned a common abortion procedure known as a dilation and evacuation abortion or a dismemberment abortion.
Shawnee County District Court Judge Teresa Watson issued the ruling on Wednesday, granting a permanent injunction against the enforcement of the law, which was passed in 2015.
According to Watson, the dismemberment abortion ban was problematic due in part to the lack of alternative abortion procedures that are considered safer for the woman.
“Banning dismemberment abortion is not narrowly tailored solution to the compelling state interest Defendants seek to address because, according to the evidence before the Court, it would leave no alternative for second trimester abortions other than more complicated, less reliable, less tested, and higher risk procedures,” wrote Watson.
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to us from all over the midwest that were referred in by specialists in high risk care. we have patients that have had a termination for an abnormality and then in turn have become our patients. and there s nothing better than delivering a healthy baby for somebody that six months or a year ago, you helped them terminate an abnormal pregnancy. and they come from long distances to continue with our care. dr. herbert hodes, and traci nauser, father and daughter, both practicing physicians in the kansas city area who will be in court tomorrow trying to keep their practice open given these new punitive measures from the state of kansas. i know it s a big deal for you guys to speak publicly to a national audience like this tonight. thank you for doing, and thank you for joining us. thanks for having us. thank you for having us. we are trying to keep the kansas legislature and brownback out of women s uteruses and lives. thank you. i hear you. we will be right back.