Kansas Sex Laws

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2012 Statute

Article 55. - SEX OFFENSES

21-5511. Adultery. (a) Adultery is engaging in sexual intercourse or sodomy with a person who is not married to the offender if:

(1) The offender is married; or

(2) the offender is not married and knows that the other person involved in the act is married.

(b) Adultery is a class C misdemeanor.

History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 75; July 1, 2011.

2012 Statute

Article 55. - SEX OFFENSES

21-5504 - Criminal sodomy;

21-5504. Criminal sodomy; aggravated criminal sodomy. (a) Criminal sodomy is:

 (1) Sodomy between persons who are 16 or more years of age and members of the same sex;

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 (c) (1) Criminal sodomy as defined in:

 (A) Subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) is a class B nonperson misdemeanor; and

 (B) subsection (a)(3) or (a)(4) is a severity level 3, person felony.

Chapter 65 Public Health, Article 67. - ABORTION

65-6702. Drugs or devices for birth control or fertilization lawful; political subdivisions prohibited from limiting abortion. (a) The use of any drug or device that inhibits or prevents ovulation, fertilization or implantation of an embryo and disposition of the product of in vitro fertilization prior to implantation are lawful in this state and neither the state nor any political subdivision of the state shall prohibit the use of any such drug or device or the disposition of such product.

(b) No political subdivision of the state shall regulate or restrict abortion.

History: L. 1992, ch. 183, § 2; July 1

Kansas Constitution, Article 15, Section 16

(a) The marriage contract is to be considered in law as a civil contract. Marriage shall be constituted by one man and one woman only. All other marriages are declared to be contrary to the public policy of this state and are void.

(b) No relationship, other than a marriage, shall be recognized by the state as entitling the parties to the rights or incidents of marriage.

Kansas Statute, Section 23-2501. Nature of marriage relation.

The marriage contract is to be considered in law as a civil contract between two parties who are of opposite sex. All other marriages are declared to be contrary to the public policy of this state and are void. The consent of the parties is essential. The marriage ceremony may be regarded either as a civil ceremony or as a religious sacrament, but the marriage relation shall only be entered into, maintained or abrogated as provided by law.

Kansas Statute Section 23-2508. Validity of marriages contracted without state.

All marriages contracted without this state, which would be valid by the laws of the country in which the same were contracted, shall be valid in all courts and places in this state. It is the strong public policy of this state only to recognize as valid marriages from other states that are between a man and a woman.

No marriage license or recognition, no other relationship or its recognition from other jurisdictions for same-sex couples.