Governor Rejects State Abortion Reporting Proposal

By John Hanna / The Associated Press
TOPEKA -- Saying it would open private medical records to public viewing, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Monday vetoed a proposal to require doctors to tell the state exactly why they aborted fetuses able to survive outside the womb. The measure also directed the Department of Health and Environment to summarize the information it received from doctors about why they performed the procedure and include it in annual reports the agency already publishes. Full story...

Posted by Editor at May 22, 2007 12:37 PM