Kansas Abortion Providers File Lawsuit Against Restrictions Set to Take Effect July 1st

Kansas Abortion Providers File Lawsuit Against Restrictions Set to Take Effect July 1st

Kansas Abortion Providers File Lawsuit Against Restrictions Set to Take Effect July 1st

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Kansas abortion providers filed a lawsuit against the state that challenges several abortion restrictions.

In the suit filed on Tuesday, Plaintiffs Dr. Traci Lynn Nauser, Dr. Tristan Fowler and the Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood, argue that the new laws undermine medical ethics and will cause delays in abortion care; in addition to forcing providers to relay “inaccurate” and/or “misleading” info that could threaten patient health.

A law set to take effect July 1st will require providers to tell patients that a medication abortion can be “reversed.” The lawsuit states that this claim is unproven and “not based on medicine or science.” The suit adds that such requirements–while not only medically unnecessary–violate the state constitution (Kansas residents voted in favor of protecting abortion rights last August).

Those listed in the lawsuit asked the court to immediately block the state’s medication abortion “reversal” law. Other restrictions being challenged in the lawsuit include:

  • A requirement that patients receive state-mandated information, including medical statements that abortion poses a “risk of premature birth in future pregnancies” and “risk of breast cancer.”
  • Requirements that certain state-mandated information be received in printed form, in specific typeface, font size, and color 24 hours in advance of an abortion, which the providers say could delay access to time-sensitive health care.
  • A requirement for patients to wait 30 minutes after meeting with their abortion provider before they may receive abortion care.
  • A law requiring providers to relay to patients at least five times that a medication abortion can be “reversed.”

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