Kansas Legislature Overrides Veto of Bill Aimed at Preventing Abortion Coercion

Published on April 30, 2024

The Kansas legislature on April 29 overrode vetoes from Gov. Laura Kelly, enabling two abortion-related bills to soon become law. The Kansas Senate voted 28–10, and the Kansas House of Representatives voted 85–40, to override Ms. Kelly’s veto of a bill that makes it a crime to coerce a pregnant woman into receiving an abortion. Ms. Kelly said in her veto message that she was concerned about “vague language” in the bill and the proposal’s “potential to intrude upon private, often difficult, conversations between a person and their family, friends, and health care providers.” The bill, formally known as the substitute bill for House Bill 2436, makes it illegal for an individual to coerce a pregnant woman into getting an abortion when the woman has expressed her desire not to obtain an abortion....

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