Lawsuit claims several old and new Kansas abortion restrictions are unconstitutional

Kansas abortion clinics are challenging four state abortion restrictions, including a decades-old 24-hour waiting period and a new “abortion pill reversal” law.
WICHITA, Kansas — It’s become a frequent scene at Kansas Planned Parenthood clinics.

Women show up for an abortion appointment — often from out of state — and get turned away because of a simple paperwork error: They didn’t correctly print out a state-mandated consent form that needs to be signed a day ahead of time.

“Increasingly, we have patients who are traveling from Texas, Oklahoma, sometimes as far as Louisiana. (They) printed out the form in the wrong font size or the wrong color,” said Planned Parenthood Great Plains President and CEO Emily Wales. “That means we have to delay care for an extra 24 hours.”