In the war on women Indiana may be outpaced by Kansas. In fact, it is not unlikely that Kansas will soon be the only state in the country where literally no one will perform a legal, safe abortion. And that’s just fine with Gov. Sam Brownback and the Kansas legislature.
The way they are accomplishing this is interesting.
Kansas will require annual, unannounced inspections of abortion clinics, impose new health and safety rules specifically for them and prevent them from using telemedicine systems to dispense pregnancy-terminating drugs under legislation signed Monday by Gov. Sam Brownback.
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The new law takes effect July 1. Abortion opponents said the changes will protect patients, but abortion rights supporters fear they will drive one or more of Kansas’ three abortion clinics out of business.
This law only affects three clinics, and not any other surgical offices in the state. It seems pretty close to a bill of attainder. They are effectively trying to bankrupt the clinics through deliberately onerous regulation. It’s the kind of thing the Republicans are always accusing the Democrats of doing.