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April 8, 2015

Kansas Becomes 1st State to Ban Second-Trimester Abortion Method 
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Kansas has become the first state in the country to ban a common
procedure used during second-trimester abortions. On Tuesday, Republican
Gov. Sam Brownback signed the law, based on model legislation from the
anti-choice National Right to Life Committee, which bans doctors from
using instruments to remove a fetus in pieces. It allows exceptions only
to save a woman's life or prevent irreversible damage to a major bodily
function. Julie Burkhart, founder and CEO of Trust Women and the South
Wind Women's Center, the former clinic of slain doctor George Tiller in
Wichita, Kansas, said the law is unconstitutional and dangerous, because
it bans physicians from "using their sound medical judgment to decide
what is best for their patients." Similar measures have already been
introduced in Missouri, Oklahoma and South Carolina.