Proud to sign SB95 protecting life at its most vulnerable stage with bipartisan support
http://www.kansascity.com/...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican Gov. Sam Brownback has signed legislation making Kansas the first state to ban a second-trimester abortion procedure that critics describe as dismembering a fetus.
Brownback signed the measure Tuesday in a private ceremony at the governor's residence. A photo posted by his office on Twitter shows him flanked by anti-abortion leaders and large photos of fetuses.
The new law, which takes effect July 1, bans the dilation and evacuation procedure, and redefines the method as "dismemberment abortion."
-----roughly 9 percent of terminations in Kansas involve dilation and evacuation----------
Nationally, 11 percent of poor children (0-18) are uninsured; in Kansas that percentage is 22 (twice the national average)
The proportion of poor children covered by Medicaid nationally is 65 percent; in Kansas that percentage is 35 percent.
I guess folks in Kansas like fetuses more than children.