{"id":297472,"date":"2023-09-01T14:41:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T19:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=297472"},"modified":"2023-08-31T18:09:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T23:09:26","slug":"kansas-planned-parenthood-accidentally-admits-save-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/kansas-planned-parenthood-accidentally-admits-save-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas Planned Parenthood accidentally admits that pro-life laws save lives"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During a recent podcast interview, Emily Wales, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, lamented<\/a> that as a result of Kansas’ abortion laws, the state’s abortion facilities turn away anywhere from two to 10 abortion-minded women each day.<\/p>\n

Though the interview was meant to highlight the negative impact of abortion laws, it revealed that these laws can work to save preborn lives.<\/p>\n

While abortion is currently legal in Kansas up to 22 weeks gestation, the state requires a number of provisions before a woman can obtain an abortion. These include<\/a> a mandatory ultrasound, state-mandated counseling and a subsequent 24-hour waiting period, a requirement that the mother is offered the chance to listen to her preborn child’s heartbeat, and abortion pill reversal information offered to the mother.<\/p>\n

Wales told the Kansas Reflector podcast that these requirements have led to the \u201cheartbreaking\u201d reality that women are turned away every day.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have enough appointments to see everybody,\u201d Wales said<\/a>. \u201cSo the idea that somebody could get all the way here, feel like they hit the lottery, which is pretty much what it feels like for patients right now, when you find out you\u2019re one of the few who get an appointment at all. And then you don\u2019t actually get the care you need. It is devastating.\u201d<\/p>\n