(1) Geographically indexed materials designed to inform the woman of public
and private agencies and services available to assist a woman through
pregnancy, upon childbirth and while her child is dependent, including but not
limited to, adoption agencies. The materials shall include a comprehensive list
of the agencies, a description of the services they offer and the telephone
numbers and addresses of the agencies; and inform the woman about available
medical assistance benefits for prenatal care, childbirth and neonatal care and
about the support obligations of the father of a child who is born alive. The
department shall ensure that the materials described in this section are
comprehensive and do not directly or indirectly promote, exclude or discourage
the use of any agency or service described in this section. The materials shall
also contain a toll-free 24-hour a day telephone number which may be called to
obtain, orally, such a list and description of agencies in the locality of the
caller and of the services they offer. The materials shall state that it is
unlawful for any individual to coerce a woman to undergo an abortion, that any
physician who performs an abortion upon a woman without her informed consent
may be liable to her for damages. Kansas law permits adoptive parents to pay
costs of prenatal care, childbirth and neonatal care. The materials shall
include the following statement:
"Many public and private agencies exist to provide counseling and information on available services. You are strongly urged to seek their assistance to obtain guidance during your pregnancy. In addition, you are encouraged to seek information on abortion services, alternatives to abortion, including adoption, and resources available to post-partum mothers. The law requires that your physician or the physician's agent provide the enclosed information."
(2) Materials that inform the pregnant woman of the probable anatomical and physiological characteristics of the fetus at two-week gestational increments from fertilization to full term, including pictures or drawings representing the development of a fetus at two-week gestational increments, and any relevant information on the possibility of the fetus' survival. Any such pictures or drawings shall contain the dimensions of the fetus and shall be realistic. The materials shall be objective, nonjudgmental and designed to convey only accurate scientific information about the fetus at the various gestational ages. The material shall also contain objective information describing the methods of abortion procedures commonly employed, the medical risks commonly associated with each such procedure and the medical risks associated with carrying a fetus to term.
(3) A certification form to be used by physicians or their agents under subsection (e) of K.S.A. 65-6709 and amendments thereto, which will list all the items of information which are to be given to women by physicians or their agents under the woman's-right-to-know act.
(b) The materials required under this section shall be printed in a typeface large enough to be clearly legible. The materials shall be made available in both English and Spanish language versions.
(c) The materials required under this section shall be available at no cost from the department upon request and in appropriate number to any person, facility or hospital.
History: L. 1997, ch. 190, § 28; July 1.