abortion

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that mifepristone must be obtained in person, a decision the country's highest court has temporarily blocked.

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

HB 2727 allows women to shorten proceedings required to file a claim against an abortion provider they believe violated their right to informed consent about an abortion.

Kansas is home to 44 crisis pregnancy centers and seven abortion clinics.

The Kansas Supreme Court determined in 2019 that the state’s constitution protects abortion because it protects a woman’s right to personal autonomy.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing more out-of-state providers for allegedly shipping abortion medication into Texas. Paxton's office announced the new lawsuit today Tuesday.

University leaders declined to give a reason. Abortion opponents said the discussion would have promoted illegal activity, something advocates deny.

The rulings denied state officials’ attempts to throw out or at least pause the case, allowing claims from Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, a reproductive rights advocacy group, to proceed.

The course includes examples of when abortion is permitted to protect the life of the patient, but many experts say the complications women face in pregnancy are impossible to capture in a brief presentation.