District Judge Franklin Theis ruled that a law barring telemedicine abortions and set to take effect in January has no legal force. The Wichita clinic began offering telemedicine abortions in October because its doctors live outside Kansas and could be on site only two days a week. The anti-abortion group Kansans for Life, influential with the Republican-controlled Legislature, contends telemedicine abortions are dangerous. The 2018 law represents the third time Kansas legislators passed a measure meant to outlaw telemedicine abortions. It's not clear how many of them were telemedicine abortions.

Source: ABC News December 31, 2018 23:19 UTC