Topeka ? The Kansas House gave final approval Wednesday to insurance legislation aimed at helping universities offer students more affordable insurance, but which also included an anti-abortion amendment.

The bill was approved 110-14 and will now go to the Senate for consideration.

Rep. Dale Swenson, R-Wichita, spoke against the measure, saying, “I’m pro-life, but sometimes abortion is the only way to save a woman’s life.”

Currently, multiple agencies are involved in providing the voluntary health insurance. The bill would bring the purchasing power under one buyer – the Kansas Board of Regents – and provide better coverage, officials said.

But on Tuesday in the House, Rep. Dick Kelsey, R-Goddard, amended the bill so the health insurance couldn’t provide coverage for abortions.

“So the state won’t be funding abortions,” Kelsey said when asked why he proposed the amendment. “It may be a legal procedure, but it’s not a moral one.”