Kansas governor signs anti-abortion bill into law

[JURIST] Kansas Governor Sam Brownback [official website] on Friday signed the strict anti-abortion legislation [HB 2253, PDF] into law. The legislation prohibits abortions based on the baby's sex, prevents abortion providers from receiving certain tax breaks and proclaims that life begins at fertilization. The provision dealing with tax breaks is designed to prevent the state from subsidizing abortions in any way. Opponents of the bill, such as Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri [advocacy website], denounced the legislation as an...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/04/kansas-governor-signs-anti-abortion-bill-into-law.php

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