Kansas Bills Would Change State Abortion Laws
By micro99 at 4 March, 2009, 5:02 pm
The Kansas state House passed two bills this week which could affect the abortion state laws.
One bill would require that physicians inform women who seek an abortion that they have the option of seeing a fetal sonogram prior to the procedure.
A second bill would force doctors to inform state officials of the diagnosis for late-term abortions and would make it easier for state officials to revoke the license of physicians convicted of a misdemeanor.
But opponents of the bill say that the new bills will do nothing to cut down on the number of abortions in the state and will instead add to the paperwork of the state.
Judith Loganbill, a democratic representative from Wichita said the new laws would take away from the judgment of doctors while increasing the state’s cost.
“We are asking all of the agencies in the state to make [budget] cuts, yet here we are asking another agency to add to its workload and add to the cost of doing business,” Loganbill said, according to the Kansas City Star.
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