Kansas bill to require women be told that medical abortions are reversible

[Borealis]

https://apnews.com/f7cab3e03fb747e1806c6b62bf48b3d5

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators passed a measure Friday that would require abortion providers to tell patients who are taking medication to terminate their pregnancies that
the process can be reversed after they take the first of two pills.

Abortion opponents contend the bill ensures that women who harbor doubts about ending their pregnancies will learn of a safe procedure for reversing a medication abortion.
Abortion rights supporters contend that it’s based on junk science and the state would force doctors to provide dubious information to their patients.

The Republican-controlled Kansas House approved the abortion “reversal” bill on an 85-35 vote, and the GOP-dominated Senate passed it on a 26-11 vote. The measure goes next to
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, a strong abortion rights supporter. Supporters appear to have the two-thirds majorities necessary in both chambers to override a veto.

Supporters of the bill argue that a medication abortion can be safely reversed if a doctor gives a woman a dose of progesterone, a hormone, before she takes the second abortion pill.
They base their arguments on a 2018 study led by an anti-abortion doctor and medical school professor in California and note that progesterone has been used for decades to
prevent miscarriages.

The bill’s opponents have said that while progesterone has been used to prevent miscarriages, its use for reversing a medical abortion hasn’t been adequately tested.

[slayer20]

They're trying to create whatever loophole they can to squeeze out some extra cash. $10,000 fine for not posting a sign about an abortion study that's not even been accurately tested?

[Sableye]

so basically encourage women to have damaged babies.

[LZTYBRN]

The fuck? that's like saying you can unburn burnt toast if you just put a little bit more butter on it and then put it back in the toaster

[Clovis]

Well, women often say they have a bun in the oven so it wouldn't surprise me if cooking metaphors are indeed the source of this 'science'.

[PiddlezMcFuzz]

This should be the case for all bills, honestly

Require lawmakers to present research as to how or why a bill is needed before it can even go to the floor

Imagine the sheer amount of junk bills that would be dead on arrival

[Mr. Someguy]

I wouldn't mind them being obsessively pro-life if that extended to social programs and healthcare. Why encourage bringing new life into the world if there's no plan for it beyond the maternity ward?

[Sableye]

but that'd be asking for conservatives to not be hypocritical. If I were elected I'd introduce a bill that bans abortions but massively boosts the social services to parents and children, guarantees lifelong healthcare to both, and access to education, training and job placement services. Any children born after it goes into effect are given lifelong healthcare coverage as well.

Its an investment in the future then at least.