Kansas Judge Strikes Down Controversial Abortion Restrictions

A Kansas judge has blocked a combination of long-standing and newly implemented abortion restrictions in the state, ruling that the requirements set out in the "Women's Right to Know Act" use medically inaccurate information to dictate abortion restrictions. The judge stated that the act is an effort to stigmatize the procedure and instill fear in patients based on "disproven and unsupportable claims." The injunction allows abortion providers to disregard a new law requiring them to provide misinformation about abortion reversal and to give patients anti-abortion information in specific formats. The lawsuit, filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood, argued that the restrictions violate state constitutional rights to abortion and free speech.