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The previous year had witnessed the reported death of a woman at Tiller's abortion clinic and filthy conditions an abortion clinic in Kansas City, Kansas. These events have led the Kansas Legislature to pass HB 2503 which is almost identical to the 2003 clinic regulation bill.
House Roll Call
March 21, 2005
Journal of the House, Forty-Ninth Day, Page 436
Senate Roll Call
March 25, 2005
Journal of the Senate, Fifty-Third Day, Pages 425-426
The Senate had changed some of the wording on the bill, so the House had to vote on the bill again in a procedural vote called a "Motion to Concur and Nonconcur."
House Roll Call
March 31, 2005
Journal of the House, Fifty-Fifth Day, Page 629
Late on the afternoon of Friday, April 15, 2005, Governor Sebelius vetoed the bill. Sebelius has taken over $38,000 in contributions from Tiller.
Sebelius justified her 2003 veto by claiming, "Kansans experience and appreciate some of the highest standards for medical care in the country." But after the revelations of at least one patient death at Tiller's clinic and revelations of filth in a Kansas City abortion clinic, Sebelius changed her tune. Thsi time, she claimed that she vetoed the bill because it regulated only abortion clinics and not other types of surgical centers:
On April 29, 2005, the State House attemped to override the veto. See the roll call below.
House Roll Call
April 28, 2005
Journal of the House, Fifty-Eight Day, Pages 944
Since six State Representatives switched their votes, the attempted override failed by just two votes. Those six defectors are listed here:
Ward Loyd
Two Representatives had voted against the bill upon its original introduction on March 21st, but then they voted for the slightly-reworded version of the bill on March 31st. These two Representatives then switched again and voted against the attempt to override the Governor's veto. Those two Representatives are listed below:
Click here to learn about the 2003 Legislative Attempt to Regulate Abortion Clinics.
Click here to learn about the 2004 Legislative Attempt to Regulate Abortion Clinics.
Click here to learn about the 2006 Legislative Attempt to Regulate Abortion Clinics.
Click here to return to the "clinic regulation" page.
Following is a press release by Kansans for Life. This press release was written after Sebelius vetoed the bill but before the House voted on the override.
Press Release: Friday April 15, 2005
Contact:
Mary Kay Culp, KFL Executive Director, 913-406-4446
RESPONSE to Governor Sebelius' VETO of HB 2503 (abortion clinic
licensing)
And signing of the Stan Clark Pregnancy Maintenance Act and The Child Rape
Protection Act
Attribute to Mary Kay Culp, Executive Director, Kansans for Life:
"Governor Kathleen Sebelius' veto of HB 2503 cements her Kansas
legacy as the Governor who protected the abortion industry instead of
protecting women, but this isn't surprising given the financial support
she has received from that industry in every one of her political
campaigns.
"Other Clinics" Claim is Bogus
"The Governor claims she vetoed clinic licensing because it didn't
include all clinics, but the problems that have come to light hasn't been
with the other clinics, it's been with the abortion clinics: dead rodents,
pre-loaded syringes, carpeting in operating rooms, no monitoring
equipment, human parts in the refrigerator next to food, etc. She should
be ashamed because if ever there was a situation where it was incumbent
upon the state to protect the vulnerability of the consumer, this is it.
"Abortion is unique and unlike other medical procedures, primarily
because it takes the life of the unborn baby. In the practical
sense, abortion is an invasive, bloody procedure with many kinds of
injuries--yet, there is little chance of malpractice lawsuits because no
matter how badly they are treated or injured, most women are desperate to
keep their abortions secret. They know abortion at-any-cost
supporters like Sebelius, will protect them from state oversight. Thus,
unlike other physicians, abortionists are much more tempted to ignore
basic safety and sanitation standards, and to cut corners that saves time
which can then be spent doing even more abortions, and making even more
money.
"In 2003 Sebelius vetoed this bill because she said Kansas already
had the highest medical standards. Today she vetoed it saying just
the opposite-that she couldn't sign it because it was needed for every
medical clinic. It's nothing more than an excuse for not signing a bill
that her list of abortion campaign donors doesn't want her to sign. The
Courts have repeatedly said that the state may regulate abortion clinics
even if they regulate no other medical office. [Greenville, S.C., 2001]
Points in Veto Message are Wrong
"Governor Sebelius' veto message of HB 2503 got other major points
wrong as well. Yes, HB 2503 was passed by legislators (politicians as she
calls them), but it is a matter of indisputable fact that HB 2503 was
designed by doctors. Federal courts have at every turn said the
language of HB 2503 accurately reflects the abortion industry standards.
It was derived from the published standards written by Planned Parenthood
and the National Abortion Federation, and even matches them in places word
for word.
"HB 2503 wouldn't be enforced by "politicians" as Sebelius
said. It would be enforced by the Kansans Department of Health &
Environment-the same agency entrusted to inspect and license nursing
homes, surgery centers, hospitals and even the popcorn we eat in theaters!
In all those situations, KDHE is not overseeing their professional
buddies, and micro-managing the deficient ones at tax payer expense, like
the Board of Healing Arts currently does.
"If HB 2503 had been in effect last year, the KDHE would have known
something was wrong at Tiller's clinic long before the fourth ambulance
transport of the year which ended up with a young woman dying at the
hospital.
There was a fifth ambulance transport on February 17 of this year, and
some observers think it also was a death, but we may never know because
the only people reporting these events currently are pro-life protestors
with video recorders whom the media ignore because they have no official
status. On the other hand, HB 2503 would mandate the reporting of
injuries within 10 days, and deaths within 24 hours, to the Kansas
Department of Health.
"Currently, the only official oversight of Kansas abortion services
is the Board of Healing Arts' control over a doctor's professional
license, which they pull very rarely, very reluctantly and very
reactively-long after something has gone wrong. As an overwhelming
number of our Kansas legislators realized, Kansas needs HB 2503's
requirement that KDHE allow a facility to open only after passing
inspection. With an impartial checklist, a substandard facility can be
closed-something that cannot happen now.
"All three bills are more than reasonable and should be able to be
supported by anyone on either side of the abortion issue, except
extremists. Thus the governor's veto of a bill passed by an
overwhelming majority of legislators says a lot about how out of step she
is with the citizens of Kansas. None of these bills limits the
free choice of abortion in any way, shape or form. And none of these bills
will result in fewer abortions except in those clinics where rushing more
women through in order to make more money has been put ahead of following
medical standards.
"The forces fighting clinic oversight the hardest are the very same
voices who claimed we must legalize abortion to make it safe!
The "POSTER CLINIC" for HB 2503
"Sebelius' 2003 veto, prohibiting inspection of abortion clinics, has
allowed a Kansas City, Kansas abortion clinic to operate with roaches on
the counter, dried blood on the floor, and clutter everywhere, with the
blessing of the state Board of Healing Arts. Sebelius has never decried
this clinic, even though clinic photos from August 2003 authenticated the
filth and chaos.
"The Board of Healing Arts' stated aim is to keep physicians in
business, even after damning evidence is hand-delivered to them. After
receiving the photos, the Board took one entire year, to formally
acknowledge the clinic was substandard. They nevertheless allowed the
abortionist to continue his practice there under their supervision.
"Despite six "consultation visits" from the Board this
year, this same notorious KCK clinic was still dirty two weeks ago, with a
dead rodent in plain view! Outdated medicines and syringes pre-filled with
unlabeled narcotics were also found -- violations documented in other
Kansas abortion clinics. Abortionist repeated non-compliance with Board
instructions will never be remedied until the state can remove a business
license.
"The Board is a reactive state agency that can only act on evidence
brought to them, which rarely occurs in the abortion arena for several
reasons. The majority of women in abortion clinics visit once and don't
return. Nearly half of all women who obtain abortions in Kansas live in
other states and countries. As mentioned previously, combined with the
social stigma of abortion, this allows for a veil of secrecy and a lack of
accountability.
"Since the governor can no longer credibly claim Kansas clinic
standards are impeccable, she now asserts all doctor clinics need
regulation, and that abortion clinics cannot be addressed until that
occurs. But it is clearly and routinely the abortion clinics in Kansas
that have been found not following sanitary practices and lacking
medically trained staff and emergency equipment.
"There is no medical crisis in Kansas doctor offices for which any
evidence has been brought to the Capitol. Year after year, the documented
deficiencies have been in abortion clinics. How many more deaths are
needed?
"The Governor's excuses are inconsistent and lack factual basis. They
betray her support for abortion no matter what the danger to women.
Kansans for Life most strongly urges citizens to contact their legislator
to override the Governor's veto of HB 2503."