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KS HB2789
Bill
Status
3/3/2026
Primary Sponsor
Federal and State Affairs
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AI Summary
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Redefines "unborn child" to mean a living human organism from fertilization to birth, and includes unborn children in the legal definitions of "person" and "human being" under Kansas homicide and assault statutes (K.S.A. 21-5401 through 21-5406, 21-5413)
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Removes existing exceptions that protected physicians performing abortions, mothers seeking abortions, and lawfully prescribed medications from criminal prosecution under Alexa's law
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Eliminates the exception for "legal abortion" from wrongful death lawsuits, allowing civil actions for the death of an unborn child caused by abortion
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Limits exceptions only to life-saving medical procedures on a pregnant woman when reasonable steps are taken to save the unborn child, and to spontaneous miscarriages
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Applies prospectively to conduct occurring on or after July 1, 2026, with a severability clause if any provision is held invalid
Legislative Description
Enacting the abolish abortion Kansas act to make all abortions subject to criminal prosecution and removing certain exceptions to wrongful death cause of action for the death of an unborn child.
Last Action
House Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
3/3/2026