TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A proposal in Kansas to restrict private
health insurance for abortions has cleared the Legislature.
The measure prohibits insurance companies from automatically
covering abortions in their health plans, except to save a woman’s
life. Individuals and employers wanting the coverage would have to
buy separate abortion-only policies.
The House approved the measure 86-30 on Friday morning, sending
it to Gov. Sam Brownback. The Senate passed it Thursday night,
28-10.
House members’ action came only hours after they had blocked its
passage.
The House voted 70-51 early morning against the measure. But it
later reconsidered and launched another debate.
The anti-abortion language is bundled with other insurance
regulatory changes in a single bill. House members initially
objected, not over the abortion language, but over other insurance
proposals.

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