and last updated 2021-04-07 18:36:25-04
TOPEKA, Kan. â A judge ruled Wednesday that a Kansas law banning a common second-trimester abortion procedure is unconstitutional and unenforceable under a 2019 state Supreme Court ruling protecting abortion rights.
Shawnee County District Judge Teresa Watson s decision was the first on abortion from a lower court since the decision from the state s highest court. But Kansas has been unable to enforce the law since it was enacted in 2015 under then-Republican Gov. Sam Brownback because of a lawsuit from two abortion providers.
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that access to abortion is a fundamental right under the state constitution but returned the case to district court for further review of the ban on what the law called dismemberment abortion.
Posted By: George Lawson April 8, 2021 @ 9:00 am Local News, News
By the Associated Press:
A judge has ruled that a Kansas law banning a common second-trimester abortion procedure is “unconstitutional and unenforceable” under a 2019 state Supreme Court ruling protecting abortion rights.
Shawnee County District Judge Teresa Watson’s decision Wednesday was the first on abortion from a lower court since the decision from the state’s highest court. But Kansas has been unable to enforce the law since it was enacted in 2015 because of a lawsuit from two abortion providers.
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that access to abortion is a “fundamental” right under the state constitution but returned the case to district court for further review of the law.
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