Mon Apr 17, 2023 – 2:50 pm EDT
TOPEKA (LifeSiteNews) — Kansas Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed legislation Friday to require basic medical care to babies who survived botched abortions, although her veto is expected to be reversed by the state legislature.
HB 2313 requires that, in the event of an infant being delivered alive after an attempted abortion, the abortionist must “[e]xercise the same degree of professional skill, care and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as a reasonably diligent and conscientious healthcare provider would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age” and “ensure that the child who is born alive is immediately transported to a hospital.”
It also requires failure to do so to be “immediately” reported to law enforcement. Those who commit abortions anyway would be guilty of a “severity level 1, person felony” and would potentially be liable for civil damages if brought by the mother. Facilities that fail to report violations would be subject to fines.
The bill passed the state Senate 31-9 and the state House 86-36. But Kelly vetoed it, calling it “misleading and unnecessary.”
“Federal law already
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