Kansas judge blocks portions of the state's new abortion law

[lynn82md.livejournal.com]

A Kansas judge on Friday issued a temporary injunction on two parts of the state's new anti-abortion law, while upholding the majority of far-reaching measure that goes into effect Monday.

Shawnee County District Judge Rebecca Crotty struck down a part of the law that forbids a waiver of the required 24-hour waiting period to be granted based on the woman's mental health.

Crotty also struck down a part of the law requiring abortion providers on their websites to vouch for the accuracy and independence of the state's health department material on abortions.

Crotty ruled that forcing abortion providers to attest to material would be an infringement on free speech.

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Too bad the judge didn't issue an injunction for the rest of the bill, particularly the part about life begins at fertilization. Also...

according to the anti-abortion Guttmacher Institute
...I thought the Guttmacher Institute was a reproductive rights institute, or am I thinking about something else?

Panel adds abortion regulations to Ohio budget

[lynn82md.livejournal.com]

Abortion providers in Ohio would have to inform pregnant women in writing about the presence of a fetal heartbeat before the procedure under a last-minute change slipped into the state budget.

The amendment which also requires providers to say, to the best of their knowledge, the statistical probability of bringing the fetus to term was added Tuesday night by a Republican-dominated, six-member legislative committee.

It would also ban doctors from purposefully performing or inducing an abortion on a pregnant woman before determining the presence of a detectable fetal heartbeat unless there is a medical emergency. They could face criminal penalties for violating the "informed consent" rules.

The abortion regulations were among dozens of revisions to the budget the conference committee passed Tuesday night, as a deadline drew closer to finish the $61.7 billion, two-year spending plan.

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*There is more to the article than what is in the cut. If you want to read the rest of the article (the non-abortion part), I will be posting it on my other community we_r_the_middle