In recent years, Kansas has passed multiple laws that both inform women and ensure that they have their day in court if they are harmed by the abortion industry.
HB 2729 updated the state's informed consent law to simply say that any information in the informed consent packet was from the government and not from the abortionist, which Brittany Jones of Kansas Family Voice thinks "seems pretty simple and non-controversial."
The second one (HB 2727) would have allowed a woman to forego the medical malpractice screening panel if she was simply asking to have her rights to informed consent be enforced.
"That panel can delay justice for as many as 180 days, which drags out the process [and] is more expensive," Jones explains. "This would allow her to streamline the process for a simple statutory claim."
She says it is unfortunate that Gov. Laura Kelly does not think women deserve those rights.
The Democrat governor recently vetoed those laws, stating in a press release that "Kansans have made it clear that they want the government to stay out of women's private health care decisions."
That description of "health care decisions" is a reference to abortion, which terminates human life growing in the womb.
Jones described her state's current governor as a "radically liberal Democrat," who is now a lame-duck governor serving her second term.
Kelly, running as a moderate candidate, narrowly won re-election in 2022 after defeating Derek Schmidt, the Kansas attorney general, 49%-47%. Donald Trump easily won the state and its six electoral votes, with 57% of the vote, two years later.
According to Gov. Kelly, HB 2729 "requires the state to put out false medical information that has no scientific basis" and only serves to mislead women. She claimed HB 2727 is "another attempt" by politicians to involve themselves in these private decisions, this time by trying to intimidate healthcare providers.
"At some point, I hope the politicians in Topeka will recognize that Kansans want them out of their doctors' offices," she said. "Until they do, I'll continue to veto bills like this."
Kansas Family Voice told AFN it is thankful the state legislature quickly moved to override those vetoes during the 2026 veto session late last week, meaning both bills will go into effect in July, despite Gov. Kelly's objections.
