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Past Abortion Debates in Kansas Could Point Toward Future Restrictions

By Kansas News Service
Published September 5, 2018 at 2:10 PM CDT
The Trust Women abortion clinic in Wichita occupies the old site of Dr. George Tiller's clinic. Tiller's performance of third-trimester abortions drew thousands of protesters to Wichita in the summer of 1991. (Photo by Madeline Fox / Kansas News Service)
The Trust Women abortion clinic in Wichita occupies the old site of Dr. George Tiller's clinic. Tiller's performance of third-trimester abortions drew thousands of protesters to Wichita in the summer of 1991. (Photo by Madeline Fox / Kansas News Service)

When U.S. Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement this summer, it changed the national conversation on abortion seemingly overnight. President Donald Trump has made it clear he plans to appoint justices who would overturn Roe vs. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision legalizing abortion. If Roe is overturned, decisions on abortion laws will return to the state level. Kansas laws are relatively restrictive. But they haven’t always been that way. Madeline Fox, of the Kansas News Service, brings us back to where it all started.

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The Kansas News Service produces essential enterprise reporting, diving deep and connecting the dots in tracking the policies, issues and and events that affect the health of Kansans and their communities. The team is based at KCUR and collaborates with public media stations and other news outlets across Kansas. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org. The Kansas News Service is made possible by a group of funding organizations, led by the Kansas Health Foundation. Other founders include United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, Sunflower Foundation, REACH Healthcare Foundation and the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.
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