The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that women have the right to an abortion under the state's Constitution
Washington The Kansas Supreme Court ruled on Friday that women have the right to an abortion under the state's Constitution.
In a 6-1 decision, the state's highest court also kept in place a temporary injunction on a law that bans a common second trimester abortion procedure."We hold today that section 1 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights protects all Kansans' natural right of personal autonomy, which includes the right to control one's own body, to assert bodily integrity, and to exercise self-determination.
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