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Apr 30, 2024

A Kansas family races to have another child through IVF amid legal and political uncertainty

“It sets a dangerous precedent, subtly weaving the notion of fetal personhood into the fabric of law,” Rashane Hamby, director of policy and research for the ACLU of Kansas, said in written testimony.

family with baby Chelsea and JaMikell Burns

Apr 29, 2024

In Kansas, the ACLU Is Challenging Anti-Trans Laws in Court, and by Building Community

In 2023, Kansas enacted a law attempting to define “transgender” out of existence by restricting the definition of a “woman” to the biological function of producing ova. Not only does this definition negate...

Apr 25, 2024

KS lawmakers may override veto of gender-affirming care ban. That worries these JoCo parents, teachers.

She was referring to SB 233, which passed both chambers of the Kansas Legislature and was vetoed by Gov. Laura Kelly earlier this year. Supporters of the bill plan to attempt to override it when they come...

Apr 18, 2024

Trump, Johnson proof of citizenship plan echoes KS voter law | Kansas City Star

“One would hope that folks would follow the example and figure out the natural conclusion of this which is that it is not legally tenable, it is not popular, it is not based on reality,” ACLU of Kansas...

President Donald Trump, left, and Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state, on Nov. 20, 2016, at the clubhouse of Trump International Golf Club, in Bedminster Township, N.J. SIPA USA TNS

Apr 17, 2024

Hundreds of signatures in favor of Fort Hays State polling location sent to Ellis County clerk • Kansas Reflector

On Tuesday, Madison Albers, a student at Fort Hays State and co-chair of the American Democracy Project, along with others involved in the polling place effort, delivered 480 signatures in support of the...

Madison Albers, a student at Fort Hays State University and co-chair of the American Democracy Project, is fighting for an on-campus polling place. (Allie Utley/ACLU of Kansas)

Apr 16, 2024

Kansas Highway Patrol ordered to pay more than $2M for ‘two-step’ approach

The judgment stems from a 2019 lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union against the KHP over its “two-step” approach. That’s where troopers pull someone over, and then seek to reengage the driver...