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Mar 24, 2023

Kansas House approves bill requiring emergency care of infants born alive during abortions - Kansas Reflector

Aileen Berquist, policy director for the ACLU of Kansas, said the organization was adamantly opposed to House Bill 2313 because it would insert politicians into the private medical decisions of individuals...

Rep. Bill Clifford, a Republican from Garden City, said he supported a bill mandating emergency health care for infants who survive an abortion, noting he was alarmed medical professionals chose to engage in the “ghastly” procedure. (Sherman Smith/Kansas

Mar 24, 2023

Kansas right to vote is fundamental. GOP is making it harder | The Kansas City Star

The ACLU of Kansas recently released a poll that found 70% of Kansans want elected officials to focus on making it easier to vote, not harder. That included almost half — 47% — of Republicans. Allowing...

A new poll shows 70% of people want it to be easier to cast a ballot. The GOP supermajority in the Legislature isn’t listening. Photo illustration

Mar 17, 2023

MO SOS Jay Ashcroft leaves ERIC without planned replacement | The Kansas City Star

Republican Secretary of State Ron Thorburgh launched the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck; Kobach expanded the program. Kansas suspended the program in 2019 as part of a settlement with the ACLU of...

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft TIM BOMMEL Star file photo

Mar 13, 2023

Statehouse scraps: Big support for voting rights, transgender ban numbers, homelessness bill paused - Kansas Reflector

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas released a poll on voting rights Friday. The civil rights advocacy group found that 70% of Kansans support measures to make voting easier, rather than adding...

Kansas Reflector opinion editor Clay Wirestone works Thursday at the Statehouse in Topeka. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)

Mar 13, 2023

Kansas lawmakers shouldn't wait to eliminate juvenile fines and fees.

Across the ideological spectrum, numerous Kansas organizations and impacted citizens have come together on the problem of financially devastating our state’s minors and working families — and together, we’...

Mar 9, 2023

Republicans advance 7 anti-abortion, anti-transgender rights bills in Kansas

Lawmakers in Kansas have introduced seven bills in recent weeks focusing on abortion and transgender rights, such as SB 180, which received pushback from groups such as the ACLU of Kansas on the basis that...