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Kansas Has Paid $675,000 Defending State Anti-Abortion Laws | In the continuing saga of states spending taxpayer money to defend abortion laws that are likely unconstitutional, the AP reported today that the Kansas Attorney General has paid more than $675,000 to outside lawyers to defend Kansas’s anti-abortion laws. In one federal lawsuit, Kansas has paid about $333,000 to outside lawyers to defend budget provisions denying federal dollars for non-abortion services to Planned Parenthood. Another $211,000 has been spent on help defending health and safety regulations. And $131,000 has been spent defending a law restricting private insurance coverage for abortions.
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