anti-abortion legislation

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An Alaskan surrogate has traveled to Texas for legal protection after a California couple has refused treatment for a severe heart condition.

Johnson County judge Christopher Jayaram ruled the state's abortion restrictions, including mandatory waiting periods, violated Kansans' right to bodily autonomy and "infringe upon a woman's fundamental rights." The controversial case was made even more so by the timing of the decision.

Kansas voters rejected a constitutional amendment that would have changed to electing state Supreme Court justices, in a win for groups that were concerned the change would impact abortion rights and school funding.

The ruling says Attorney General Ken Paxton didn't prove his allegations that the Houston-area clinics performed abortions when a lower court's injunction forced them to close.

At stake is the process for selecting justices for the Kansas Supreme Court.

The Texas-based nonprofit Human Coalition lobbies for anti-abortion programs and gets millions of dollars in funding from other states.

Oklahoma lawmakers wrapped a three-year effort to tighten restrictions on abortion pills during the 2026 legislative session.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, has authority over state officials who oversee the underlying anti-abortion laws being challenged in the case, and she recently vetoed two bills that could affect those laws, the state’s attorneys pointed out.

Republican supermajorities in House and Senate are expected to affirm passage of anti-abortion measures