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Kansas isn’t enforcing a new law requiring abortion providers to ask their patients why they want to terminate their pregnancies. The pause comes as a lawsuit proceeds against the rule and other, older requirements.
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A study by the Commonwealth Fund ranks Kansas 32nd in the U.S. on women’s health metrics. The state got low marks for health care affordability and access.
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The decisions cement the state’s role as a key abortion access point for patients across the broader region.
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Abortion providers say the law, which requires them to report women's reasons for getting abortions to state officials, is invasive and unconstitutional. Anti-abortion groups say it will provide meaningful data to policymakers.
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Trust Women says it’s on track to reopen this summer. But after firings and resignations, former employees say they’re concerned about the clinic’s future.
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Trust Women and other Kansas clinics have played an outsized role in treating abortion patients from states with bans. The clinic’s new board president says she hopes the pause will be "very temporary."
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Kansas abortion providers are seeking to expand an ongoing lawsuit challenging several abortion restrictions.
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Planned Parenthood Great Plains’ Pittsburg health center will offer abortions, contraception and other care beginning this fall.
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The bill was similar to a Georgia law and measures introduced by Republican lawmakers in at least five other states.
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New laws will force patients to report more personal information to officials, create a new felony and direct more money to anti-abortion groups.