TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A judge ruled Monday that Kansas cannot stop telemedicine abortions, thwarting the latest attempt by state lawmakers to prevent doctors from providing pregnancy-ending pills to women they see by remote video conferences.
District Judge Franklin Theis ruled that a law barring telemedicine abortions and set to take effect in January has no legal force. During an earlier hearing, Theis derided the law as an air ball because of how lawmakers wrote it.
That law was challenged in a lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of Trust Women…
