The Kansas City Star has intervened in abortionists’ lawsuit against the state, demanding the abortion providers reveal hidden court records.
The abortion providers are suing over new state abortion requirements that are currently suspended as the lawsuit makes its way through the courts, including that a woman must wait 24 hours before getting an abortion and that doctors must tell women the abortion pill is reversible.
The Star objected to an agreement between the abortion providers and Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach to allow certain exhibits to be filed under seal.
“The public has a right to know what is happening in judicial proceedings,” the Kansas City Star’s executive editor Greg Farmer said. “The efforts in this case to hide records from public view are an attack on long-established democratic principles.”
“Our goal with this motion is to fight for our readers…
