The Kansas Supreme Court appeared unmoved on March 27 by Kansas Solicitor General Tony Powell’s arguments that its 2019 ruling recognizing abortion as a “fundamental right” under the Kansas Constitution should be overturned.
Powell spent Monday morning defending two state abortion laws before the court—a 2015 ban on second-trimester dismemberment abortions and a 2011 law that regulates abortion providers more strictly than other medical providers. Both laws have been blocked from enforcement due to legal challenges.
In his arguments, Powell held that the court’s 2019 ruling should be reconsidered in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that abortion is not a right protected by the U.S. Constitution….