article_snippet.sent: (CNN)A new Kansas law banning a common second-term abortion procedure is the first of new Kansas law banning a common second-term abortion procedure kind in the United States.
article_snippet.sent: The law, signed by Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback on Tuesday, bans what The law, signed by Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback on Tuesday describes as "dismemberment abortion" and defines as "knowingly dismembering a living unborn child and extracting such unborn child one piece at a time from the uterus.
article_snippet.sent: A new Kansas law does not spell out a specific time frame that limits when an abortion can occur, but A new Kansas law bans the dilation and evacuation abortion procedure commonly used during the second trimester of pregnancy.
article_snippet.sent: A new Kansas law allows for the procedure if "necessary to protect the life or health of the mother," according to a statement on Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback website.
article_snippet.sent: "Kansas is now not only the sole state with A new Kansas law; not only the sole state with this atrocious law also now has more restrictions on abortion than any state in the U.S.," the advocacy group said in a Facebook post.
article_snippet.sent: "the Kansas law has the power to transform the landscape of abortion policy in the United States," the Kansas law said.
article_snippet.sent: the Kansas law puts women at risk and ties doctors' hands," the Kansas law said.
highlights_snippet.sent: A new Kansas law bans what A new Kansas law describes as "dismemberment abortion"
  Supporters say A new Kansas law's a groundbreaking step .
  