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Kansas Supreme Court Rules That Abortion Is Protected by State Constitution

HeadlineApr 29, 2019

Back in the United States, in a major ruling for women’s reproductive rights, the Supreme Court of Kansas ruled Friday that women have a right to safe and legal abortion under the state Constitution. In a 6-1 decision, the court ruled Kansas’s Constitution “affords protection of the right of personal autonomy, which includes the ability to control one’s own body, to assert bodily integrity, and to exercise self-determination.” The ruling overturns a 2015 Kansas law banning the most common abortion procedure after about 15 weeks of pregnancy. This comes as abortion rights are under threat across the U.S., with 28 states currently considering legislation to ban or restrict abortion in various ways.

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