Judge Blocks Kansas Abortion Ban Pro-Lifers Dubbed 'Dismemberment'

[DonViejo]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge on Thursday blocked the state's first-in-the-nation ban on an abortion procedure that opponents refer to as "dismemberment abortion."

The decision from Shawnee County District Court Judge Larry Hendricks came in a lawsuit filed from the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights. The center represents two Kansas abortion providers and argued the law would force women to undergo riskier procedures or forgo abortions.

The judge's order will stay in effect while he considers the lawsuit further. The new law was supposed to take effect July 1.

It bans a second-trimester procedure that anti-abortion activists call "dismemberment abortion" and was model legislation from the National Right to Life Committee. Kansas was the first state to enact it.

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[47of74]

1. The reich isn't having a good day today, are they?

[riversedge]

2. ah, they can continue to suck on their sour graps

[lark]

3. They are having an epic terribly bad day.

for a rare outbreak of sanity!

[47of74]

4. And I hope it continues tomorrow too.

Fingers crossed regarding marriage equality.

[lark]

5. + 1,000,000,000

We need 3 in a row!! Don't trust Roberts on this one, but hoping he'll surprise me.

[Dont call me Shirley]

6. Good start on rolling back the backwards laws of Kochistan.