Attorney general disputes missing key deadline in abortion case

Procedural misstep by Kobach’s office complicates bid for abortion case retrial

Attorney general disputes missing key deadline in abortion case

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach's office is disputing whether it missed a deadline to respond to a court ruling that declared a series of abortion restrictions unconstitutional because they violated a woman's right to personal autonomy. The attorney general had until Aug. 31 to file a motion seeking a new trial in the case where a Johnson County judge permanently blocked the state’s 24-hour waiting period for abortions and a law requiring ph…