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KS SB198
Bill
Status
2/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
Public Health and Welfare
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AI Summary
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Prohibits all abortion procedures in Kansas except when necessary to preserve the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency, defined as a physical condition causing imminent harm (explicitly excludes mental health conditions)
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Bans the manufacture, distribution, prescription, or sale of mifepristone and similar abortifacient drugs for the purpose of inducing abortion
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Creates private civil enforcement mechanism allowing any person to sue abortion providers or those who aid/abet abortions (including through insurance reimbursement) for minimum $10,000 statutory damages per violation, with a 6-year statute of limitations
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Explicitly protects pregnant women from liability and permits misoprostol for miscarriage treatment; also exempts removal of ectopic pregnancies and treatment of dead fetuses from the definition of abortion
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Repeals dozens of existing Kansas abortion-related statutes and amends multiple tax code provisions to replace statutory references to the repealed abortion definition with the new definition established in this bill
Legislative Description
Prohibiting abortion procedures except when necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman and providing a private cause of action for civil enforcement of violations of such prohibition.
Last Action
Senate Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare
2/6/2025