Republicans, pro-life advocates urge Dem governor to sign bill making coercive abortion a felony [Video]

A Republican-led bill that would make coercive abortion a felony in Kansas is now headed to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s desk. 

Both the House and Senate passed House Bill 2436, with the Senate passing the bill last week and the House passing it this week mainly along Republican Party lines. 

The bill would make it a felony to coerce a pregnant woman into having an abortion through physical or financial threats, such as withholding legal documents such as passports or immigration forms, threats of arrest or deportation, controlling the woman’s access to prescribed medications, or extortion.

All 50 states already have laws on the books criminalizing fathers who coerce pregnant women into getting an abortion, but Kansas’ proposed law would carry the harshest penalties. 

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