Bill > HB2010

This bill aims to completely prohibit abortion in Kansas by creating new criminal offenses and significantly modifying existing state laws. The bill defines abortion as any act intended to cause the death of an unborn child from the moment of fertilization, and makes performing an abortion or destroying a fertilized embryo a severity level 1 person felony. The legislation includes several key provisions: it declares that the life of a human being begins at fertilization, establishes that unborn children have rights from the moment of conception, and creates strict criminal penalties for anyone involved in performing an abortion. The only exceptions to the abortion prohibition are surgical procedures performed to save the life of an unborn child or to remove a dead unborn child due to miscarriage, stillbirth, or ectopic pregnancy. The bill also nullifies any federal statutes, regulations, or court decisions that might attempt to override Kansas's abortion ban and includes language suggesting that judges who try to challenge the law could be subject to impeachment. Additionally, the bill repeals numerous existing Kansas statutes related to abortion and modifies various tax and sales exemption laws to remove references to abortion services. The legislation is designed to create a comprehensive legal framework that effectively eliminates abortion access in the state while establishing severe criminal consequences for medical providers.

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https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/hb2010/