65-6711. Same; information where medical emergency compels performances of an abortion. - Kansas Statutes

65-6711

Chapter 65.--PUBLIC HEALTH Article 67.--ABORTION

      65-6711.   Same; information where medical emergency compels performances ofan abortion.Where a medical emergency compels the performance of anabortion,the physician shall inform the woman, before the abortion if possible, of themedical indications supporting the physician's judgment that an abortion isnecessary to avert her death or to avert substantial and irreversibleimpairment of a major bodily function.

      History:   L. 1997, ch. 190, § 29; July 1.