Kansans weigh RU-486 law impact on minors
In Topeka the attorney general and lawmakers debate if a minor must notify a parent before using RU-486 after FDA approval. Officials stress uncertainty as the state defers to the attorney general and health department pending case by case review.
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Topeka
Attorney General’s Office
US Food and Drug Administration
United States
Kansas
State Department of Health and Environment
Clyde Graeber
Carla Stovall
Stovall
Mary Tritsch
Kansas abortion laws define term and parental notice
This report explains Kansas statutes on abortion definitions, parental notification rules for unemancipated minors, and debates on applying these laws to RU-486. It notes varying views from lawmakers and comparisons to actions in Texas, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
Powell says late-term abortion limits face Supreme Court limits
In Topeka Kansas House abortion foe Rep Tony Powell chairs the Federal and State Affairs Committee. He believes a June Supreme Court ruling ties lawmakers hands on restricting late term abortions as it allows narrow limits with life or health exceptions. Governors and attorneys general cite required health based exceptions. Powell warns the court’s majority constrains further action.
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Tony Powell
Wichita
House Federal and State Affairs Committee
Powell
Sandy Praeger
R Lawrence
Texas
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Tom Ridge
Topeka
U.S. Supreme Court
Nebraska
House
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Kansas
Bill Graves
Carla Stovall
Supreme Court
Last World War I veteran dies in Atchison County
Henry Bryant Hundley aged 104, the county’s last World War I veteran, died at Atchison Senior Village. A railroad retiree, hunter and family man, he remained active and beloved in the community. Funeral services are set for today.
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Atchison County
Atchison
Henry Bryant Hundley
James Hundley
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Hundley
Dorothy Wilburn
Andrew Washington Hundley
Frank
Wilburn
Legion
Gene Pitts
Pitts
Bill Bowen
Bowen
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