Kansas abortion providers seek to block law requiring them to report patients' reasons
Source: Reuters
May 21, 2024 6:17 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago
May 21 (Reuters) - Abortion providers in Kansas are asking a state court to block a new law requiring them to report patients' reasons for getting abortions to state authorities.
In a motion filed late on Monday in Johnson County Civil Court, the providers said the law, passed by the state's Republican legislature in April over the veto of its Democratic governor and set to take effect in July, would violate their right to free speech under the U.S. Constitution and their patients' right to personal autonomy.
They are asking the court to let them add the claim to their earlier lawsuit over a law requiring doctors to tell patients that medication abortion can be reversed, a claim not supported by evidence. They won a preliminary order blocking that law in October.
"The decision to have an abortion is deeply personal - no one should be forced to tell the government why they are making that decision," Alice Wang, an attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, which represents the doctors, said in a statement. "It's frankly frightening that the state of Kansas is attempting to collect this type of private information, and unclear how it will be used." The office of Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/kansas-abortion-providers-seek-block-law-requiring-them-report-patients-reasons-2024-05-21/
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