Kansas Abortion Script Violates Providers’ Rights, Lawsuit Says

May 21, 2024, 1:06 PM UTC

A new Kansas law that requires abortion providers to ask patients why they want to end their pregnancies is unconstitutional, a proposed amended complaint filed in a state trial court says.

Hodes & Nauser MDs PA, Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, and others asked the Kansas District Court, Johnson County, on Monday to allow them to update a 2023 complaint that challenged the state’s Womens’ Right to Know Act as unconstitutional. The new modified complaint seeks to halt the state’s enforcement of a state-scripted “reason mandate,” enacted in late April over a veto by Gov. Laura Kelly (D). ...

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