Session of 1999
         
SENATE BILL No. 367
         
By Senator Harrington
         
8-16
         

10             AN  ACT concerning abortion; repealing K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 65-6721.
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12       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
13             Section  1. As used in this act:
14             (a) "Fetus" or "infant" means the offspring of human parents.
15             (b) "Partial-birth abortion" means an abortion in which the person
16       performing the abortion partially vaginally delivers a living human fetus
17       before killing the infant and completing the delivery.
18             (c) "Vaginally delivers a living fetus before killing the infant" means
19       deliberately and intentionally delivers into the vagina a living fetus, or a
20       substantial portion thereof, for the purpose of performing a procedure
21       the physician knows will kill the fetus and kills the fetus.
22             Sec.  2. No person knowingly shall perform a partial-birth abortion
23       unless such partial-birth abortion is necessary to save the life of a mother
24       because her life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness or
25       physical injury.
26             Sec.  3. (a) The woman upon whom a partial-birth abortion has been
27       performed in violation of section 2, and amendments thereto, the father
28       of the fetus or infant and the maternal grandparents of the fetus or infant
29       if the mother has not attained the age of 18 years at the time of the
30       abortion, may obtain appropriate relief in a civil action, unless the preg-
31       nancy resulted from the plaintiff's criminal conduct or the plaintiff con-
32       sented to the abortion.
33             (b) Such relief shall include: (1) Money damages for all injuries,
34       psychological and physical, occasioned by the violation of this act; and (2)
35       statutory damages equal to three times the cost of the partial-birth
36       abortion.
37             (c) If the judgment is rendered in favor of the plaintiff in an action
38       described in this section, the court shall also render judgment for a rea-
39       sonable attorney fee in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant. If the
40       judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant and the court finds the
41       plaintiff's suit was frivolous and brought in bad faith, the court shall also
42       render judgment for a reasonable attorney fee in favor of the defendant
43       against the plaintiff.


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  1             Sec.  4. (a) Performance of a partial-birth abortion in knowing or
  2       reckless violation of this act shall be a severity level 10, person felony.
  3             (b) A woman upon whom a partial-birth abortion is performed may
  4       not be prosecuted under this act for violating this act, or any provision
  5       thereof, or for conspiracy to violate this act or any provision thereof.
  6             Sec.  5. (a) If any one or more provisions, clauses, phrases or words
  7       of section 2, and amendments thereto, or the application thereof to any
  8       person or circumstance is found unconstitutional, the same is hereby de-
  9       clared to be inseverable.
10             (b) If any one or more provisions, sections, subsections, sentences,
11       clauses, phrases or words of the remaining sections or the application
12       thereof to any person or circumstance is found to be unconstitutional, the
13       same are hereby declared to be severable and the balance of the act shall
14       remain effective notwithstanding such unconstitutionality. The legislature
15       hereby declares that it would have passed this act, and each provision,
16       section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word, with the exception
17       of section 2, and amendments thereto, irrespective of the fact that any
18       one or more provisions, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases
19       or words be declared unconstitutional. 
20       Sec.  6. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 65-6721 is hereby repealed.
21        Sec.  7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
22       publication in the Kansas register.