# @thekansascitystar on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2023-04-26T21:47:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kansas City Star (@thekansascitystar) — https://gondola.cc/thekansascitystar

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Abortion providers in Kansas will soon face additional criminal penalties if they do not provide care to infants “born alive” in an abortion after lawmakers approved the first anti-abortion bill since voters overwhelmingly opted to retain the state-level right to the procedure last year.

The Kansas Legislature voted Wednesday to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of the bill, which goes beyond existing federal law protecting infants “born alive” in abortions to create new criminal penalties. The House voted 87-37 and the Senate voted 31-9 Wednesday to override the veto on the “born alive” bill.

The new law will take effect in July.

But medical experts and Kansas abortion providers said the bills were redundant with existing policy and ignored medical science surrounding abortion. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has said the “born alive” bill seeks to prevent a situation that does not occur in modern abortion care.

Read more about the new Kansas law at the link in our bio.

#Kansas #Abortion #KS #RoeVsWade

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