{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-6743","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 65-6743","heading":"Dismemberment abortion prohibited; exceptions.","body":"(a) No person shall perform, or attempt to perform, a dismemberment abortion on an unborn child unless: (1) The dismemberment abortion is necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant woman; or (2) a continuation of the pregnancy will cause a substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman. No condition shall be deemed to exist if it is based on a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct that would result in her death or in substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.\n(b) No woman upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted to be performed shall be liable for performing or attempting to perform a dismemberment abortion. No nurse, technician, secretary, receptionist or other employee or agent who is not a physician, but who acts at the direction of a physician, and no pharmacist or other individual who is not a physician, but who fills a prescription or provides instruments or materials used in an abortion at the direction of or to a physician shall be liable for performing or attempting to perform a dismemberment abortion.","path":["Chapter 65.—PUBLIC HEALTH","Article 67.—ABORTION"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch65/065_067_0043.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:25:01Z","sha256":"066b88bedc9ca3fb2e61d67c0d83f072eecb1ca82e2010af9c4ee1a461363fab","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-6742","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-6744"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}