TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) | Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has signed a bill ensuring that clinics give women seeking abortions a chance to see ultrasound images of the baby before performing the procedure.
The legislation was signed Friday and takes effect July 1. It also requires clinics to offer abortion patients a chance to listen to the fetal heartbeat.
Mrs. Sebelius signed the measure as she awaits U.S. Senate confirmation as health and human services secretary. Pro-life groups have criticized her nomination because of her pro-choice stance, which includes her vetoes of bills restricting abortion and her ties to Dr. George Tiller, who was acquitted Friday of criminal charges related to the state’s late-term abortion law.
The new law amends a statute requiring doctors to obtain a patient’s informed consent before performing an abortion.
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