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When the annual legislative session opens Jan. 12, Kansas is poised to expand its pro-life laws. At the top of the list is a fetal heartbeat bill.<\/p>\n

Kansas recently re-elected its pro-life governor, Sam Brownback, as well as many new pro-life legislators. Rep. Steve Brunk (R-Wichita), chairman of the Federal and State Affairs Committee, told the Wichita Eagle<\/em><\/a> that the committee will have at least informational hearings on heartbeat legislation: \u201cAs a general topic, heartbeat legislation is on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Kansas Coalition for Life has been petitioning for a heartbeat bill as well. \u00a0Abortion supporting groups are opposed as expected with the Eagle <\/a><\/em>reporting<\/a>\u00a0that Laura McQuade, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, said:<\/p>\n

I think the early-abortion ban is a political ploy to try to tighten even further access that women have to abortion services in Kansas. We obviously believe it\u2019s entirely unconstitutional.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However obvious McQuade may “believe” that such legislation is unconstitutional, the most obvious facts are that the Constitution guarantees a right to life, and a fetal heartbeat is proof that life exists. It\u2019s generally accepted that a fetal heartbeat begins\u00a0at about three weeks’ gestation \u2014 before many women know they are pregnant. And that\u2019s the point: life begins even before we realize it sometimes. Should the point of realization somehow be the place of decision? Or should decisions be made based on when life actually begins?<\/p>\n

McQuade of Planned Parenthood then made what is perhaps one of the most obvious statements ever<\/a> about pro-lifers:<\/p>\n

Ultimately the goal is to eliminate abortion services for women in the state of Kansas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

McQuade insisted,<\/a> \u201cPlanned Parenthood isn’t going to let that happen,\u201d as if she has some sort of total control.<\/p>\n

The biggest hindrance to the pro-abortion crowd is science. In 1973, when Roe v. Wade<\/em> passed, we simply didn’t have the same tools available to us. It was not typical for a woman to get an ultrasound. In fact, the relatively new (1950s) technology became standard<\/a> only in the middle of the ’70s, so when abortion became legal, debates on fetal heartbeat and ultrasound technology were not part of the prevailing dialogue as they are now. Planned Parenthood can\u2019t stop science.<\/p>\n

Besides heartbeat legislation potential, some speculate that there may be a bill to expand the abortion waiting period in Kansas from 48 hours to 72.<\/p>\n

And Mark Gietzen, founder of Kansas Coalition for Life, comments on one more potentially unique pro-life bill that could happen, if crafted right. The Wichita Eagle<\/em> reports:<\/a><\/p>\n

[Gietzen] said the videotaped beheadings of journalists by Islamic terrorists have raised concerns about what he calls the \u2018decapitation\u2019 of fetuses during abortions, making an attempt to ban it timely\u2026. No state has ever tried for such a law, he said, but he is working with the American Center for Law and Justice\u2026 on language that would make such a bill work in Kansas and in the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gietzen added<\/a> that if the right language can be found, \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s a judge on earth that\u2019s willing to say, \u2018Decapitations are just fine.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Julie Burkhart, part of the group that helped re-open George Tiller\u2019s Wichita abortion clinic in 2013, said bringing up decapitation is another attempt by abortion opponents to sensationalize abortion and promote it to the public as \u201csomething gory and horrific.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Burkhart\u2019s implication that abortion somehow is not<\/em> gory is baffling, since abortion always involves killing\u00a0a living baby from the womb. Whether abortion happens by medical expulsion with pills that cause a bloody at-home miscarriage, or vacuum aspiration, sucking life and cleaning the uterus, or actually maiming and cutting out the more developed life in later-term abortions, to imply that abortion is not<\/em> gory\u00a0shows a willful blindness to reality.<\/p>\n

What may or may not happen in the upcoming Kansas legislative session remains to be seen, but most expect the fetal heartbeat legislation. As far as Brownback’s likely response to pro-life legislation, there isn’t a doubt. Since taking office in 2011, Brownback has signed every bit of pro-life legislation that has hit his desk. His re-election was a sign that might as well have announced \u201cmore pro-life legislation ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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