TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Anti-abortion legislators are still pushing a proposal to allow lawsuits against doctors over legally questionable late-term abortions.
Three senators and three House members met Thursday to negotiate a new version of legislation rewriting state laws regulating late-term procedures.
They had been focusing on requiring doctors to report more information to the state about late-term abortions.
But the led House negotiator, Republican Rep. Melvin Neufeld, of Ingalls, also proposed reviving provisions to allow a woman or her family to sue a doctor if they had evidence that her late-term abortion violated the law.
The negotiators plan to meet again Monday. If they agree on the language, the House and Senate can take quick up-or-down votes on the measure.
“It’s not like it’s a brand new idea,” said the Senate’s lead negotiator, Republican Pat Apple, of Louisburg.
