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Community Voices June 29, 2022 - 6:00 am

Ella Lee Dominguez: Lighting candles and cleaning crumbs as my rights disappear (Column)

by Ella Lee Dominguez

“The Supreme Court has made its decision — so I will make mine,” Ella Lee Dominguez writes in this column.

Community Voices June 28, 2022 - 10:44 am

Letter to the Times: Kansas will ban abortion if amendment passes on Aug. 2

by Amii N. Castle

“If the amendment passes, Kansas lawmakers can — and they will — enact laws banning abortions. And we know they will because they’ve already tried,” Amii Castle writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices May 14, 2022 - 6:00 am

Clay Wirestone: Abortion rights are in peril in Kansas and the U.S.; shock and outrage won’t change that (Column)

by Clay Wirestone, Kansas Reflector

“Those who believe passionately in abortion rights will … need to build a movement sturdy, motivated and well-funded enough to battle for decades to come,” Clay Wirestone writes in this column for Kansas Reflector.

Community Voices May 6, 2022 - 8:42 am

Kate Queram: The wholly unsurprising fate of Roe v. Wade (Column)

by Kate Queram, Kansas Reflector

“Anti-abortion politicians do not care … about your baby. Their chosen moniker is ‘pro-life,’ but it is far more accurate to label them ‘pro-birth,’” Kate Queram writes in this column for States Newsroom.

Community Voices April 21, 2022 - 7:00 am

Letter to the Times: Banning abortions in Kansas

by Amii N. Castle

If a proposed amendment to the Kansas constitution passes, “With almost certainty there will be no legal abortions in Kansas — no matter how she got pregnant or even if she might die from the pregnancy,” Amii Castle writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices April 18, 2022 - 9:24 am

Clay Wirestone: My grim prediction for Kansas — Abortion banned within a year if voters don’t show up (Column)

by Clay Wirestone, Kansas Reflector

“Within the next year, the Kansas Legislature will pass a full ban on abortion, without exceptions for rape or incest. Gov. Derek Schmidt will delightedly sign it and rhapsodize about our state’s culture of life,” Clay Wirestone writes in this column for Kansas Reflector.

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