Pro-Life Protections Act (HB 2253): Prevents state taxpayer funding for abortion and tax breaks for abortionists; affirms in public policy that “life begins at conception;” prohibits school districts from using abortion industry literature and staff for sex education in schools; prohibits sex-selective abortion; improves pre-abortion informed consent and strengthens the anti-coercion notice abortion clinics are required to post informing women they cannot be forced into abortion by someone else; increases KDHE support for families facing a prenatal disability diagnosis.
Some of the included informed consent provisions amending the Woman’s Right to Know Act were struck down by Judge K. Christopher Jayaram on August 3, 2026.
HB 2164: Improves method of citizen-petitioned grand juries, a useful tool to fight abortion industry corruption.
HB 2019: Changes process for appointing new Kansas Court of Appeals judges to the “federal model,” in which the governor nominates and the state Senate votes to confirm or reject, removing control from lawyers’ groups.
SB 142: Affirms civil rights for preborn babies by outlawing “wrongful birth/wrongful life” lawsuits.
SB 199: Creates the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center at the University of Kansas Medical Center to study, improve, and share information about safe, ethical, and effective medical treatments using adult stem cells rather than methods that destroy embryos.