The start of the 2025 Kansas legislative session brings renewed efforts to restrict access to abortion in a state that voted overwhelmingly to protect abortion rights.
More abortions occurred in Kansas in 2023 than ever before in the state’s recorded history — driven by a surge of patients living in nearby states with abortion bans.
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Chants of “We are not going back” resounded in South Park, where hundreds showed up for a women’s rights rally Saturday morning despite the rain.
More than 7 in 10 Kansans support expanding Medicaid, according to a new survey, and more than 6 in 10 Kansans say women are better-positioned than politicians to make the decision about whether to get an abortion.
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New survey data gives a look at how people in Kansas feel about key issues including marijuana legalization, abortion and gender-affirming care for transgender kids.
A plurality of Kansas voters say it’s a good thing that the state is a regional abortion access point, according to a survey by the Midwest Newsroom and Emerson College Polling Center.
Advocacy organizations with opposing views on abortion rights Friday marked the 2-year anniversary of Kansas voters’ rejection of an anti-abortion amendment by offering distinct perspectives on the aftermath of that landslide decision.
Mylissa Farmer was ”heartbroken, in pain and terrified” after two emergency departments refused to treat her while experiencing a miscarriage in 2022. On Tuesday, she filed a lawsuit against KU Health System.
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The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday struck down two laws restricting abortion, affirming its prior interpretation that ending a pregnancy remains a constitutionally protected right in Kansas.
A Kansas judge allowed a group of abortion providers to expand an existing lawsuit and challenge a new law requiring them to collect information about their patients’ reasons for ending their pregnancies.
