Contrary to misguided media accounts, Kansas retains full Title X money after PPFA disqualified

By Kathy Ostrowski, Legislative Director, Kansans for Life Contrary to an editorial blast from the Lawrence Journal World and an Associated Press story published August 21, Kansas is not suffering a permanent loss of federal assistance for reproductive health services after it prioritized dispersion to full-service health centers. Open record information requested by Kansans for …

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Kansas to Appeal Judge Marten’s Decision

By Dave Andrusko Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said yesterday that the state will appeal Monday’s temporary injunction issued by U.S. Judge J. Thomas Marten. Judge Marten’s 36-page decision blocked a portion of the 2012 Kansas state budget that directs that family planning services financed in any way under “Title X” federal rules must be …

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