The Kansas House on Wednesday passed a bill that requires physicians to care for infants born alive during an abortion, despite no evidence this has happened in Kansas in decades.
The chamber voted 88-34 to approve the “born alive” bill and send it to the state Senate. Similar legislation has been pursued at the federal level and in Republican-led statehouses nationwide.
Four Democrats joined Republicans to support the bill, which is one of several measures pushed this year by anti-abortion groups in the wake of last year’s landslide vote to retain abortion rights in the state.
