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Kansas Supreme Court Justice Dan Biles listened and asked questions Thursday, March 16, 2017, during oral arguments in a legal fight over a state law banning a second-trimester abortion procedure and the larger question of whether the state constitution's Bill of Rights offered a fundamental right to an abortion. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, Pool)

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Stephen McAllister, representing the state of Kansas, gives oral arguments before the Kansas Supreme Court Thursday, March 16, 2017, in a legal fight over a state law banning a second-trimester abortion procedure and the larger question of whether the state constitution's Bill of Rights offered a fundamental right to an abortion. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, Pool)

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Janet Crepps, senior counsel for the Center for Reproductive Rights, argued before the Kansas Supreme Court Thursday, March 16, 2017, on behalf of Kansas City-area physicians Herbert Hodes and Traci Nauser for an independent recognition of the right of Kansas women to terminate a pregnancy and to affirm the district court's injunction putting the law on hold pending trial. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, Pool)

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FILE - In this March 9, 2017 file photo, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback speaks to media during a humanitarian award ceremony at the statehouse in Topeka, Kans. As Kansas legislators debate raising taxes to fix the state's big budget problems, they're not tying any of their plans to whether Brownback departs for another job or not. They're speculating about whether Brownback will land a job with President Donald Trump's administration and what Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer would be like as his replacement. (Thad Allton/Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Kansas Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer, left, and Gov. Sam Brownback participate in a humanitarian award ceremony Thursday, March 9, 2017, at the statehouse in Topeka, Kans. The governor said he has no comment at this time about the possibility of being named to an ambassadorship in Rome representing the U.S. at United Nations agricultural organizations. (Thad Allton/Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2017 file photo, Gov. Sam Brownback takes questions from the media after signing the veto of the tax bill sent to him from the legislature in Topeka, Kan. Debates in the Kansas Legislature over taxes, expanding the state's Medicaid program and restoring guaranteed tenure for public school teachers illustrate how much clout Brownback and his allies have lost. (Thad Allton /The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, speaks of the tax bill he was sent last week at the Kansas Chamber annual dinner in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday night, Feb. 21, 2017. Brownback said Tuesday that he will veto a bipartisan bill that would roll back personal income tax cuts he's championed to help balance the state budget. (Thad Allton /The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Senate Vice President Jeff Longbine, R-Emporia, stands in the senate floor, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Topeka, Kan. Republicans in the Kansas House are split over a bill passed by the chamber to increase income taxes. Forty of the chamber's 85 Republicans voted Thursday for the measure when it passed on a 76-48 vote. Thirty-six of the chamber's 40 Democrats supported the bill. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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State Sen. Ty Masterson, R- Andover denounces a tax bill the Senate passed Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Topeka, Kan. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Members of the Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee including Sen. Julia Lynn, R-Olathe, center, listens during a hearing in Topeka, Kan., Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Top Republicans in the Kansas Legislature moved closer Monday to a confrontation with GOP Gov. Sam Brownback over his signature fiscal policies, accelerating work on a plan that would backtrack on personal income tax cuts he's championed. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Members of the Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee including Sen. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, right, asks a question during a hearing in Topeka, Kan., Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Top Republicans in the Kansas Legislature moved closer Monday to a confrontation with GOP Gov. Sam Brownback over his signature fiscal policies, accelerating work on a plan that would backtrack on personal income tax cuts he's championed. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Susan Mosier, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, speaks to the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, responding to a report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that Kansas' Medicaid program is "substantively out of compliance" with U.S. law. (Thad Allton/Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee listened as Kansas Public Employees Retirement Systemexecutive director Alan Conroy, gave them a KPERS update and overview Thursday, Jan, 12, 2017, at the Capitol in Topeka. (Thad Allton/Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee listened as Kansas Public Employees Retirement System executive director Alan Conroy, gave them a KPERS update and overview Thursday, Jan, 12, 2017, at the Capitol in Topeka. (Thad Allton/Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Kansas Public Employees Retirement System executive director Alan Conroy, gives members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee a KPERS update and overview ThursdayThursday, Jan, 12, 2017, at the Capitol in Topeka. (Thad Allton/Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee listen as Kansas Public Employees Retirement System Executive Director Alan Conroy, gave them a KPERS update and overview Thursday, Jan, 12, 2017, at the Capitol in Topeka. (Thad Allton/Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)