Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has agreed the state temporarily will not enforce a new law requiring abortion providers to tell patients that the effects of mifepristone, the first of two pills taken in a medication abortion, are reversible.
The Republican state attorney general and abortion providers filed a joint agreement in Johnson County District Court on Friday stipulating that Kansas officials will hold off on enforcement until Judge K. Christopher Jayaram rules on whether to issue a temporary order blocking the law. The agreement was made public on Tuesday.
The “abortion reversal” law was set to go into effect on July 1, but Jayaram may not issue a decision for weeks. A hearing scheduled for Thursday in a lawsuit challenging the measure has been canceled and is expected to be rescheduled for August.
