State legislatures in Kansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee recently acted on several abortion-related measures. Summaries appear below. ~ Kansas: The state House on Tuesday voted 89-33 to give final approval to a bill (HB 2166) that would alter state law to eliminate mental health as a reason for an abortion later in pregnancy, the AP/KTKA reports. The bill now goes to the Senate (AP/KTKA, 3/23). Current state law permits abortion beyond 22 weeks' gestation only if the woman otherwise would experience "irreversible impairment of a major bodily function...
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