Kansas bill would allow cities and counties to further restrict abortion

IF YOU THOUGHT ABORTION LEGISLATION WAS CONFUSING AFTER ROE V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED–PREPARE FOR THINGS TO POSSIBLY GET EVEN MESSIER.

IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THE STATES’ LAWS ANYMORE.

WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE MOVEMENT TO ADJUST ABORTION ACCESS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

NOW, A KANSAS LAWMAKER IS TRYING TO PAVE A PATH FOR THAT EFFORT IN HIS STATE.

STATE SENATOR CHASE BLASI INTRODUCED SB 65, WHICH WOULD AUTHORIZE “CITIES AND COUNTIES TO ENACT LOCAL LAWS TO REGULATE ABORTION AS STRINGENT AS OR MORE STRINGENT THAN STATE LAW.”

IN KANSAS, ABORTION IS CURRENTLY LEGAL UNTIL 22 WEEKS.

THE STATE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT THERE IS A RIGHT TO ABORTION IN THE CONSTITUTION IN 2019.

ADDITIONALLY, IN AUGUST, KANSANS REJECTED A BALLOT MEASURE THAT WOULD’VE ALLOWED THE LEGISLATURE TO RESTRICT OR BAN IT.

IF SB 65 PASSES, SENATOR BLASI TOLD THE KANSAS CITY STAR THAT IT WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER LEGAL PUSHBACK.

WE’VE BEEN REPORTING ON MUNICIPALITIES REGULATING ABORTION. SOME, IN NEBRASKA. HOWEVER, OTHERS ARE USING THE LOCAL APPROACH TO TRY AND MAKE ABORTION MORE ACCESSIBLE. LIKE, IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.