Pair of GOP anti-abortion bills draw vetoes from Democratic Kansas governor

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill approved by the Kansas Legislature to maneuver around medical objections and legal challenges to state mandates that patients be provided abortion information layered with junk science.

She vetoed a second bill that could make it easier for women who had an abortion to sue abortion doctors or clinics.

The bills were touted by the lobbying organization Kansans for Life and passed the House and Senate by veto-proof margins. They could be the subject of veto override attempts as soon as Thursday, when the Legislature is scheduled to reconvene and close out the 2026 session.

Under House Bill 2729, physicians would be expected to provide patients seeking abortion services with information provided by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. KDHE’s packet would address informed consent, risks of abortion and the debunked theory of “abortion reversal.” That refers to an experimental treatment that anti-abortion activists contend could stop a drug-induced abortion after administration of mifepristone but before deployment of its companion misoprostol.



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