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HB2010: Prohibiting Abortion and Creating New Crimes

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In one sentence

This bill prohibits abortion procedures in Kansas, creates new felony crimes for performing abortions or destroying fertilized embryos during artificial insemination, and sets specific exceptions.

What it does

  • Creates a crime called unlawful performance of an abortion that applies to any gestational age.
  • Makes it a severity level 1 person felony to perform an abortion or destroy a fertilized embryo as part of artificial insemination.
  • Defines 'unborn child' as a living human from the moment of fertilization in utero until birth, including stages like zygote and fetus.
  • Allows exceptions only for surgeries intended to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, or to remove a dead unborn child caused by miscarriage, stillbirth, or ectopic pregnancy.
  • States that federal laws or court orders cannot override this act and declares them void under state law.

Who it affects

  • Doctors and medical providers who perform abortions
  • People involved in artificial insemination procedures involving fertilized embryos

Limits and unknowns

  • The text does not specify if there are exceptions for cases where the pregnant person's life or health is at risk.
  • It is unclear how this law interacts with existing federal laws since it claims they cannot override state law, but enforcement depends on legal challenges.

Plain language

Terms to know

Unborn child
A living human from the moment of fertilization inside the womb until birth, including all developmental stages.
Severity level 1 person felony
The most serious type of crime under Kansas law for offenses against people.
Fertilized embryo
A human egg joined with a sperm, which the bill treats as an unborn child in certain contexts like artificial insemination.

Official record

Sources

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Official summary

Prohibiting abortion procedures and creating the crimes of unlawful performance of an abortion and unlawful destruction of a fertilized embryo.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. Died in CommitteeHouse
  2. Withdrawn from House Committee on Health and Human Services ; Rereferred to House Committee on Health and Human ServicesHouse
  3. Withdrawn from House Committee on Interstate Cooperation ; Referred to House Committee on Interstate CooperationHouse
  4. Withdrawn from House Committee on Health and Human Services ; Rereferred to House Committee on Health and Human ServicesHouse
  5. Withdrawn from House Committee on Interstate Cooperation ; Referred to House Committee on Interstate CooperationHouse
  6. Withdrawn from House Committee on Health and Human Services ; Rereferred to House Committee on Health and Human ServicesHouse
  7. Withdrawn from House Committee on Interstate Cooperation ; Rereferred to House Committee on Interstate CooperationHouse
  8. Withdrawn from House Committee on Health and Human Services ; Referred to House Committee on Health and Human ServicesHouse
  9. Withdrawn from House Committee on Interstate Cooperation ; Rereferred to House Committee on Interstate CooperationHouse
  10. Withdrawn from House Committee on Health and Human Services ; Rereferred to House Committee on Health and Human ServicesHouse