TOPEKA, Kan. -- Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has vetoed a bill that would rewrite a state law restricting late-term abortions.
The measure vetoed Thursday would have required doctors performing late-term abortions to report additional information on those procedures to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
The bill also would have allowed women or girls who later believed their abortions were illegal to sue the doctors. Their husbands or, in the case of minors, a parent or guardian, also could sue.
Sebelius questions whether the bill could withstand a court challenge and suggests that some provisions could lead to "intimidation" of health care providers.
Sebelius is awaiting U.S. Senate confirmation as federal health and human services secretary.
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