Kansas Legislature Overrides Veto of Bill Aimed at Preventing Abortion Coercion

Legislators overrode Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of two abortion-related bills.

Gov. Laura Kelly speaks on in Topeka, Kansas, on on November 7, 2022.Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images

The Kansas legislature on April 29 overrode vetoes from Gov. Laura Kelly, enabling two abortion-related bills to soon become law.

The Kansas Senate voted 28–10, and the Kansas House of Representatives voted 85–40, to override Ms. Kelly’s veto of a bill that makes it a crime to coerce a pregnant woman into receiving an abortion.