Tag Archives: Kansas
Patients thank Gov. Brownback for signing bill to establish ethical stem cell center in Kansas
By Kathy Ostrowski, legislative director, Kansans for Life On Monday, when Kansas Gov. Gov. Sam Brownback signed Senate Bill 199 which creates the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center, legislators and lobbyists shared space at the ceremony with a cast of
Kansas passes bill to defund abortion and support Down Syndrome
By Kathy Ostrowski, legislative director Kansans for Life The Kansas “Pro-Life Protections Act” (HB 2253) passed the Senate by a vote of 29-11, after a nearly three-hour debate Monday that focused on extraneous amendments offered by pro-abortion Democrat senators. Only
Kansas abortion numbers continue drop, ”abortion pill” method rises
By Kathy Ostrowski, Legislative Director Kansans for Life The Kansas Department of Health & Environment (KDHE), the state health department, has released preliminary annual data on abortions performed in Kansas, showing a 5.4 % decrease in the number of abortions
Kansas House passes Pro-Life Protections Act for 2013
By Kathy Ostrowski, Legislative Director Kansans for Life The Kansas House on Wednesday passed HB 2253, an updated version of last year’s Pro-Life Protections Act, by a vote of 92-31. The bill passed without any of the four amendments and
Kansas bills fight abortion coercion
By Kathy Ostrowski, Legislative Director Kansans for Life Moving through the Kansas legislative process this week were two measures combating abortion coercion: the Pro-Life Protections Act (HB 2253) and SCR 1606, a resolution commending pregnancy maintenance resource centers (also known
Kansans for Life opposes ‘Death with Dignity,’ explains failed ‘safeguards’
By Kathy Ostrowski, KFL Legislative Director Assisted suicide has been illegal in Kansas since 1998, and physician involvement in suicide is opposed by the Kansas Medical Society. Forces now activated in Lawrence are promoting assisted suicide as a ‘right’ and
Kansas Senate endorses adult stem cell center bill and wrongful birth lawsuit ban
By Kathy Ostrowski, Kansans for Life legislative director Pro-life legislation is broader than just abortion limitations, as the pro-life Kansas Senate demonstrated by passing two measures today: SB 199, establishing an adult stem cell clearinghouse and therapy center, and SB
Kansas Senate approves sex-selection abortion ban
By Kathy Ostrowski, Legislative Director Kansans for Life The Kansas Senate on Tuesday debated and then passed, on a voice vote, Senate Bill 141, an act to save our littlest children from violent gender discrimination through sex-selection abortion. A recorded
Update on KS sex selection abortion ban & pro-life bills
By Kathy Ostrowski, Legislative Director, Kansans for Life Editor’s note. This is excerpted from an update distributed by Kansans for Life. SB 141, banning sex-selection abortions, was passed favorably out of the Senate Public Health & Welfare committee on Thursday.
Judge allows challenge to Kansas oversight of abortion clinics to continue
By Kathy Ostrowski, State Legislative Director Kansans for Life Last week Shawnee County District Judge Franklin Theis refused to dismiss a challenge to Kansas’ new abortion licensing and regulation law brought by the Center for Women’s Health. The law requires