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Kansas Supreme Court affirms abortion access |
The Kansas Supreme Court struck down two laws Friday that limited access to abortion services, finding that these bills infringed on women's right to bodily autonomy guaranteed in the state's constitution. |
Both cases were related to Kansas state laws passed before the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022. One law passed in 2015 essentially banned the most common form of second-trimester abortion, dilation and evacuation, except for when necessary to save the life of the mother. The state's supreme court had previously ruled on the case in 2019 before sending it back down to a district court. The lower court had found that the Kansas state government had presented "no reasonable alternative" to dilation and evacuation and failed to prove the law was constitutionally sound. "The State devoted much of its brief to inviting us to reverse our earlier ruling in this case that the Kansas Constitution protects a right to abortion. We decline the invitation," Justice Eric S. Rosen wrote in the opinion. The other law ruled on by the court Friday imposed licensing requirements on facilities that provide abortion care which critics argued were overly onerous and restrictive. Among the requirements was that a physician had to be in the room when a drug to induce an abortion was administered to a patient. In both cases, the Kansas Supreme Court affirmed decisions issued by lower courts finding that the laws violated the state constitution. The higher court had previously found that access to abortion care was protected by the Kansas state constitution and any government action limiting this care must "withstand strict scrutiny." Kansas was the first state to vote on an abortion ballot measure post-Roe, with voters in 2022 rejecting a measure that would have given the state legislature the authority to ban abortion. This was the first in several state ballot measures where voters voted in favor of abortion access. |
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An Arkansas organization announced Friday it has collected more than enough signatures to place a measure on the ballot this year that would ensure abortion access up to 18 weeks in the state. Arkansans for Limited Government said it will deliver more than 100,000 signatures, surpassing the 90,704 needed for placing the amendment to the state constitution on the ballot. This milestone comes just days after groups in Arizona … |
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The White House on Wednesday explained what President Biden meant when he misspoke and said "We finally beat Medicare" in last week's presidential debate. |
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Former Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) has been diagnosed with breast cancer, she announced in a social media post. "I have personal news that I want to share with you because we can all learn from it. I just became one of the 300,000 women per year who are diagnosed with breast cancer," Speier said in her post Thursday on social platform X. "The good news is that it was discovered early and I had a successful lumpectomy on Tuesday." … |
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Japan's top court orders government to compensate disabled people who were forcibly sterilized |
TOKYO (AP) — In a landmark decision, Japan's Supreme Court ordered the government Wednesday to pay suitable compensation to about a dozen victims who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law that was designed to eliminate offspring of people with disabilities. An estimated 25,000 people were sterilized between … |
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Local and state headlines on health care: |
- Florida sees COVID-19 surge in emergency rooms, near last winter's peaks (CBS News)
- Pueblo health officials investigating human plague case in the county (KOAA)
- Mosquitoes with dangerous EEE virus found in Mass. for first time in 2024 (Boston.com)
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- Tampons contain toxic metals lead and arsenic, researchers find (Bloomberg)
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