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Jan. 14, 2020Topeka, Kan. |  By: AP

Kansas GOP to stymie ban in reversing abortion-rights ruling

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Top Kansas Republicans want to head off any push for an abortion ban in the state even as they make overturning a Kansas Supreme Court ruling that protects abortion rights a top priority.

The GOP-controlled Legislature expects to consider a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution during the annual 90-day lawmaking session that started Monday.

It's a response to the high court's ruling in April that the state's Bill of Rights makes access to abortion a fundamental right. Abortion opponents worry that even if a ban could get through the Legislature, it would fail in the required statewide vote afterward.