KDHE

TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has published a report titled Abortions in Kansas, 2017, Preliminary Report. The total number of abortions reported in 2017, 6,782, is 0.4 percent fewer than reported in 2016, 6,810. In-state residents slightly outnumbered out-of-state residents, 3,405 reports to 3,377.

State law requires that physicians and hospitals report abortions they perform to KDHE.

The Woman’s Right-to-Know Act requires physicians who perform abortions to provide informed-consent information to a woman 24 hours before an abortion procedure and to certify to KDHE the number of informed-consents obtained annually.

This report is a preliminary analysis of these data as collected by the KDHE Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics. It is comprised of two PDF file sections: data summary and appendices. The report can be viewed online at http://www.kdheks.gov/phi/abortion_sum/2017_Preliminary_Abortion_Report.pdf.