Posted on Dec 22, 2022
A Kansas clinic is offering abortion pills prescribed by out-of-state doctors after court ruling
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A Wichita Planned Parenthood began connecting abortion patients with out-of-state doctors in a bid to increase appointment availability. It comes after a judge struck down a state law banning telemedicine abortions.
WICHITA, Kansas — A Planned Parenthood clinic in Wichita has begun allowing patients who visit the clinic in-person to obtain abortion pill prescriptions from out-of-state doctors.
Those new telehealth abortion services started Monday and come less than a month after a pivotal court ruling that blocked a state law banning doctors from prescribing abortion-inducing medication remotely. It marks the first time the service has been available in Kansas in several years.
WICHITA, Kansas — A Planned Parenthood clinic in Wichita has begun allowing patients who visit the clinic in-person to obtain abortion pill prescriptions from out-of-state doctors.
Those new telehealth abortion services started Monday and come less than a month after a pivotal court ruling that blocked a state law banning doctors from prescribing abortion-inducing medication remotely. It marks the first time the service has been available in Kansas in several years.
A Kansas clinic is offering abortion pills prescribed by out-of-state doctors after court ruling
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."After the court ruling last month blocking the state’s telemedicine abortion ban, Kansans for Life said it expects more decisions rolling back abortion restrictions following the August vote rejecting an amendment that would have stripped abortion rights from the state constitution.
While last month’s ruling by a Shawnee County District Court judge could be appealed, legal experts say the fate of the right to telemedicine abortion care in Kansas is more favorable now than before the August vote.
“If the amendment had passed, then the ban on telehealth abortions would be valid,” said Richard Levy, a constitutional law professor at the University of Kansas. “But since the amendment did not pass, the decision by the district court is maybe not unassailable, but highly unlikely to be reversed.”
Rose Conlon reports on health for KMUW and the Kansas News Service. You can follow her on Twitter at @rosebconlon or email her at [login to see] .
The Kansas News Service is a collaboration of KCUR, Kansas Public Radio, KMUW and High Plains Public Radio focused on health, the social determinants of health and their connection to public policy."
..."After the court ruling last month blocking the state’s telemedicine abortion ban, Kansans for Life said it expects more decisions rolling back abortion restrictions following the August vote rejecting an amendment that would have stripped abortion rights from the state constitution.
While last month’s ruling by a Shawnee County District Court judge could be appealed, legal experts say the fate of the right to telemedicine abortion care in Kansas is more favorable now than before the August vote.
“If the amendment had passed, then the ban on telehealth abortions would be valid,” said Richard Levy, a constitutional law professor at the University of Kansas. “But since the amendment did not pass, the decision by the district court is maybe not unassailable, but highly unlikely to be reversed.”
Rose Conlon reports on health for KMUW and the Kansas News Service. You can follow her on Twitter at @rosebconlon or email her at [login to see] .
The Kansas News Service is a collaboration of KCUR, Kansas Public Radio, KMUW and High Plains Public Radio focused on health, the social determinants of health and their connection to public policy."
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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At least they are facilitating what's needed! Sharing is caring!
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