“Kansas already has highly restricted abortion care with no government funding, and that will continue if we vote ‘no,’” write Carol Williamson and Lori Hutfles, co-presidents of the League of Women Voters of Lawrence-Douglas County.
“Women deserve to be uplifted during these trying times, but women in America are far from the only ones who are struggling,” Libby Hale writes in this letter to the Times.
“Participating in governing is a time honored and sacred tradition in our Indigenous communities. Our ancestors and relatives survived against seemingly insurmountable odds, which is why we owe it to them to make our voices heard at the ballot box,” Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, writes in this column.
“Abortion bans — particularly for children who get pregnant by a family member — are just plain cruel. And that’s what’s at stake if the proposed constitutional amendment on the Aug. 2 ballot passes,” Amii N. Castle writes in this letter to the Times.
“If you vote ‘yes,’ you are renouncing your natural rights, your God-given rights, in favor of only those privacy rights that the legislators of Kansas choose to give you. With all due respect, this is not the American way,” Jonathan D. Kaufelt writes in this letter to the Times.
“We all need to advocate for our family members, friends, neighbors, and fellow Lawrencians who may need accessible housing — now or in the future,” Dot Nary writes in this column.
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“Prior to any further discussion about school closures, we call on the school board to create a procedure for best practices when considering school closures and to adopt this procedure moving forward,” Save Our Schools 497 writes in this column.
“Two decisions issued by the U.S. Supreme Court last month … signal an alarming shift toward allowing personal religious beliefs to dominate public policy,” Sharon Brett writes in this Kansas Reflector column.
“Prairie Park Nature Center is a wonderful educational opportunity for all members of our community, young and old, and has been an important resource for informing others about our environment for more than 20 years,” Marlowe Kastens writes in this letter to the Times.
“How sad to see a city like Lawrence, that we’ve always looked at as progressive and in touch with the needs of those who call Lawrence home, even consider such a move as to place the Prairie Park Nature Center on the chopping block,” visitors from Paola write in this letter to the Times.
