House Panel Endorses Anti-Abortion Measure

A Kansas House committee has endorsed
legislation meant to ensure the state doesn’t subsidize abortions
even indirectly through tax credits and deductions.
The Federal and State Affairs Committee advanced the bill
Thursday after adding language addressing concerns from the
University of Kansas Medical Center. Officials of the medical
school worried that doctors in residency wouldn’t be able to obtain
abortion training and its accreditation would be in danger.
The committee’s action sends the bill to the House, where it is
likely to pass.
Kansas doesn’t subsidize abortions directly, but abortion
opponents want to make sure that people can’t deduct
abortion-related expenses from their state taxes.
Abortion rights advocates see the measure as too sweeping and
likely to be challenged in court.