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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas Bill Requires Abortion-Inducing Drug Providers to Issue Liability and Emergency Care Notices to Patients
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
Physicians and healthcare providers prescribing or administering medication-abortion drugs would have been required to provide patients with a specific written notice detailing potential financial accountability, legal rights, and emergency care information. The measure specified exact phrasing warning patients they or their families may hold manufacturers, distributors, and providers financially liable for complications, side effects, or failed procedures.
Patients undergoing would have received mandated state disclosures outlining legal avenues for holding manufacturers and providers financially accountable, alongside instructions regarding emergency treatment protections.
- HB 2353 was introduced during the 2025-2026 legislative session in the Kansas House of Representatives and ultimately died in committee. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Patients receiving medication abortions
Patients would receive a mandatory written notice regarding potential financial accountability of providers and their legal rights during emergency medical visits.
Physicians and healthcare providers
Providers prescribing abortion-inducing drugs would be legally required to distribute the specified written disclosure to patients.
Manufacturers and distributors of abortion-inducing drugs
Entities manufacturing and distributing medication abortion drugs would be explicitly named in patient notices regarding potential financial liability for complications or side effects.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 10, 2026HouseDied in Committee
- Feb 7, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Feb 7, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Judiciary
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy90Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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