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Mar 28, 2024

Kansas Legislature Bans Trans Kids From Accessing Gender-Affirming Care | Truthout

“This bill places politicians’ feelings above the expert medical advice of hundreds of thousands of doctors, and strips patients and families of their ability to make informed healthcare decisions,” the...

Kansas House Speaker Daniel Hawkins, left, and Senate President Ty Masterson speak before the State of the State address at the Kansas State Capital on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Topeka, Kansas. Emily Curiel / the Kansas City Star / Tribune News Service

Mar 26, 2024

Kansas legislators pass a bill to require providers to ask patients why they want abortions | The Hill

Republican legislators gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that would require Kansas abortion providers to ask their patients why they want to terminate their pregnancies and then report the answers to...

Mar 22, 2024

PolitiFact | What is ‘sex’? What is ‘gender’? How these terms changed and why states now want to define them

Scientific and legal interpretations of these words have evolved considerably in the past century. Today, medical experts understand biological sex assigned at birth as more complex and consider it distinct...

Transgender rights advocates rally at the Kansas capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. In 2023, the state enacted a measure that says there are two sexes, male and female, based on a person’s “biological reproductive system" at birth. (AP)

Mar 21, 2024

Kansas inmates wait in jail for months for mental health treatment. That might change | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and local mental health care providers are launching a new program next month. The ACLU of Kansas sued the state over its waiting list, arguing that the backlog is...

The Douglas County Jail houses about 10 inmates who are on a waiting list to receive mental health services the Larned State Hospital. They must receive care there before they can stand trial. They can sit on the waiting list for more than a year. Dylan L

Mar 17, 2024

Police bodycam videos often secret in Kansas: Investigation | Kansas City Star

Trust is built through accountability and transparency, said Micah Kubic, executive director of the ACLU of Kansas. “The public has the right to know what happened, has the right to know whether police...

Christian Kelley showcases a framed photo of her brother Christopher DeVon Kelley in front of the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka. Officers shot and killed the Marine Corps veteran in June 2022. Emily Curiel

Mar 15, 2024

Ruling will require Wichita to change disorderly conduct law | Wichita Eagle

“Free speech and expression, especially political protest, are fundamental to our democracy, and police cannot have the power to selectively arrest anyone for speech they disagree with or are angered by. We...