Kansas attorney general, ADF attorneys defend pro-life, pro-woman law in court

WHO:  Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys

WHAT:  Available for media interviews regarding hearing in Hodes & Nauser v. Kobach

WHEN:  Immediately following each day of hearing, Friday, Sept. 26 – Tuesday, Sept. 30, and again from Tuesday, Oct. 14 – Friday, Oct. 17. Hearing begins each day at 9 a.m. CDT.

WHERE:  Johnson County District Court, 150 W. Santa Fe St., Olathe. To schedule an interview, contact ADF Media Relations Specialist Hattie Troutman at (771) 200-7630.

OLATHE, Kan. – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys serving as co-counsel with Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach will be available for media interviews Friday through Tuesday, and again from Oct. 14 – 17, following a bench trial at Johnson County District Court in Hodes & Nauser v. Kobach. The case seeks to defend the state’s pro-life, pro-woman laws against a challenge by Planned Parenthood and other abortion businesses. Planned Parenthood obtained a temporary block of the law from a lower court as the lawsuit proceeds.

The Woman’s Right to Know Act, passed in 1997, ensures that women undergoing an abortion are fully informed of the significant risks involved and voluntarily consent to the procedure. The law also requires that women be provided with information on the financial, medical, and legal assistance available if they choose life for their unborn child. The lawsuit also concerns H.B. 2749, which amends the state’s abortion reporting law to collect data on the primary reason that women seek their abortions.

“Kansas women and their unborn children deserve the best possible care, and this law, which has stood for decades, is an important step of providing that care,” said Kobach.“ Planned Parenthood has always cared more about its bottom line than women’s health and is actively working to hide important health information from women that could be a matter of life or death. We are urging the court to uphold this commonsense protection that prioritizes the lives of women and their children in Kansas.”

“Women deserve to be fully informed about their pregnancies before making the consequential decision to end the life of their unborn child,” said ADF Legal Counsel Allison Pope, who will argue with her ADF colleagues before the court. “Informed consent laws make this possible and reflect the longstanding will of the people of Kansas, but Planned Parenthood has made it clear that its goal is to withhold critical information from women. As a native Kansan, I am honored to be a member of the ADF team that is working with the state at this trial to protect maternal health and safety as well as the lives of the unborn.”

Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building, non-profit legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, parental rights, and the sanctity of life.

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