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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Hanna

'Born alive' abortion bill OK'd in Kansas, sent to governor

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Doctors accused of not providing enough care to infants born during abortion procedures in Kansas could face lawsuits and criminal charges under a bill that won final passage Tuesday in the state's Republican-controlled Legislature.

The legislation faces an uncertain fate in a legal and political climate that's made Kansas an outlier on abortion policy among states with GOP-led legislatures.

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