A Kansas judge has blocked enforcement of a state ban on telemedicine abortions, the first significant abortion-related court ruling in the state since voters in August rejected a proposal that would have upheld the ban.
Shawnee County District Court Judge Teresa Watson approved a temporary injunction the day before Thanksgiving that prohibits enforcement of a ban, which lawmakers have approved multiple times the past decade.
Watson’s order comes in response to a Kansas Court of Appeals opinion in May that overturned a previous decision by the judge not to issue an injunction against the ban.
