65-6747. Legal proceedings; public disclosure of name of woman, orders against such disclosure. In every civil, criminal or administrative proceeding or action arising out of a violation of K.S.A. 65-6703, 65-6721, K.S.A. 65-6724 or 65-6743, and amendments thereto, the court shall rule whether the anonymity of any woman upon whom an unlawful abortion has been performed or attempted to be performed shall be preserved from public disclosure if she does not give her consent to such disclosure. The court, upon motion or sua sponte, shall make such a ruling and, upon determining that such woman's anonymity should be preserved, shall issue orders to the parties, witnesses and counsel and shall direct the sealing of the record and exclusion of individuals from courtrooms or hearing rooms to the extent necessary to safeguard her identity from public disclosure. Each such order shall be accompanied by specific written findings explaining why the anonymity of the woman should be preserved from public disclosure, why the order is essential to that end, how the order is narrowly tailored to serve that interest and why no reasonable less restrictive alternative exists. In the absence of written consent of the woman upon whom an unlawful abortion has been performed or attempted to be performed, anyone other than a public official who brings an action arising out of a violation of K.S.A. 65-6703, 65-6721, K.S.A. 65-6724 or 65-6743, and amendments thereto, shall do so under a pseudonym. This section shall not be construed to conceal the identity of the plaintiff or of witnesses from the defendant or from attorneys for the defendant.
History: L. 2015, ch. 22, ยง 7; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
65-6704 Abortion upon minor; required information and counseling.
65-6707 Same; severability clause.
65-6708 Woman's-right-to-know act; citation.
65-6711 Same; information where medical emergency compels performances of an abortion.
65-6714 Same; severability clause.
65-6722 Abortion of pain-capable unborn child; legislative findings.
65-6725 Same; construction of act.
65-6726 Abortion based on gender; prohibited.
65-6731 Prohibition on certain funding for abortions; definitions.
65-6732 Legislative declaration that life begins at fertilization.
65-6733 Prohibition on certain funding for abortion.
65-6734 Same; school districts.
65-6735 Same; construction of act.
65-6736 Same; no requirement to provide or right to an abortion.
65-6737 Same; discrimination prohibited.
65-6738 Same; applicability of act.
65-6741 Kansas unborn child protection from dismemberment abortion act; citation of act.
65-6743 Dismemberment abortion prohibited; exceptions.
65-6744 Cause of action for injunctive relief.
65-6745 Civil action for violation of act.
65-6746 Criminal penalties for violation of act.
65-6747 Legal proceedings; public disclosure of name of woman, orders against such disclosure.
65-6750 Effect of injunction or other judicial order on provisions of article 67.