Kansas’s Second-Trimester Abortion Ban Halted by State Court Restraining Order

Providers of the most widely used procedure for second-trimester abortions may continue performing it in Kansas, where a state judge June 30 put a halt to the enforcement of a new state law banning dilation and evacuation (D & E) procedures for nonviable fetuses (Hodes & Nauser, MDs, PA v. Schmidt, Kan. Dist. Ct., 2015CV490, 6/30/15).

The Kansas District Court, Shawnee County, in an order by Judge Larry D. Hendricks, granted a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) filed by Hodes & Nauser MDs PA and the practice’s principal physicians, Drs. Herbert Hodes and Traci Lynn ...