Kansas legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas SB174: Enacting the abolish abortion Kansas act to make all abortions subject to criminal prosecution for violation of Alexa's law and to remove certain exceptions to the cause of action for the wrongful death of an unborn child when such death is caused by an abortion
Status: In committee, April 10, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning abortion; creating the abolish abortion Kansas act; making all abortions subject to criminal prosecution for violation of Alexa's law; removing certain exceptions to wrongful death cause of action for the death of an unborn child when such death is caused by an abortion; amending K.S.A. 21-5206 and 21-5419 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-1901 and repealing the existing sections.
From the introduced text, February 4, 2025:
AN ACT concerning abortion; creating the abolish abortion Kansas act; making all abortions subject to criminal prosecution for violation of Alexa's law; removing certain exceptions to wrongful death cause of action for the death of an unborn child when such death is caused by an abortion; amending K.S.A. 21-5206 and 21-5419 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-1901 and repealing the existing sections. WHEREAS, Section 1 of the bill of rights of the constitution of the state of Kansas provides, "All men are possessed of equal and inalienable natural rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"; and WHEREAS, This provision declaring an inalienable and equal right to life has been turned on its head by the erroneous interpretation of the Supreme Court of this state, which held in 2019 that the provision protects a woman's "right to decide whether to continue a pregnancy." Hodes & Nauser, MDS, P.A. v. Schmidt, 309 Kan. 610 (2019); and WHEREAS, Such an interpretation--finding a right to commit prenatal homicide--is not only foreign and contrary to the plain language of the constitution of the state of Kansas, it also violates the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, which requires that "[n]o state...shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws"; and WHEREAS, The Constitution of …