Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill aimed to penalize doctors accused of not providing enough care to infants delivered alive during certain kinds of abortion procedures.

In a statement on her website, Kelly called the legislation "misleading and unnecessary." The Kansas Legislature gave final passage to the bill earlier this month, and the bill passed with a veto-proof majority in both chambers. Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson vowed in a statement that the Senate will move quickly to override Kelly's veto. This kind of legislation has been championed locally by Representative Ron Bryce, who is a medical doctor. If the ballot is overridden, the measure could still be challenged in court and not enforced. Lawsuits have prevented Kansas from enforcing a 2015 ban on a common second-trimester abortion procedure and a 2011 law imposing extra health and safety rules for abortion providers.