Kansas Legislature shields crisis pregnancy centers with anti-abortion bill

By: Anna Kaminski

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: March 15, 2026

Words: 845

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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TOPEKA — Crisis pregnancy centers could reap protections under a bill passed by Kansas Republicans exempting centers from regulations that forbid or force centers to perform abortions.

The “center autonomy and rights of expression act,” or CARE act, establishes a regulatory shield for crisis pregnancy centers, sometimes called pregnancy resource centers. The bill says centers should be allowed to provide their own information, services and resources on pregnancy, childbirth and parenting, regardless of whether they …

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