Kansas House Republicans on Friday promised to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill that would have required doctors to provide care for babies born alive after a failed abortion or face criminal prosecution.
House Speaker Dan Hawkins, a Wichita Republican, said in a statement that he was saddened by the governor’s decision to veto the Born AliveĀ Infant Protection Act.
“[T]he Governor has chosen to abandon the dignity of life by allowing for the ending of an infant’s life even once it’s outside the womb. This veto gives abortionists free reign to walk away as a living, breathing baby dies,” Hawkins said in a statement….}