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Feb 3, 2023

'We would all be breaking the law': Kansas runoff election bill draws criticism - Kansas Reflector

Voting Rights

Kansas ACLU policy director Aileen Berquist said runoff elections discouraged voter engagement and were based on discriminatory practices that began in the Jim Crow era to disenfranchise Black voters.

Kansas ACLU policy director Aileen Berquist said runoff elections discouraged voter engagement and were based on discriminatory practices that began in the Jim Crow era to disenfranchise Black voters.

New voting legislation would implement a run-off election if a candidate for a statewide office doesn't receive a majority of votes. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)
New voting legislation would implement a run-off election if a candidate for a statewide office doesn't receive a majority of votes. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)
Jan 26, 2023

Anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and laws harm your Kansas neighbors. We can build a more welcoming state. - Kansas Reflector

LGBTQ+ Rights

The past two years have been the deadliest for transgender people in recent history, in large part due to the rapidly increasing number of legislative attacks against trans peoples’ rights and the...

The past two years have been the deadliest for transgender people in recent history, in large part due to the rapidly increasing number of legislative attacks against trans peoples’ rights and the...

People marching under a rainbow parachute
People marching under a rainbow parachute
Jan 20, 2023

New bill would ban gender-affirming medication and surgery for Kansans under the age of 21 - Kansas Reflector

“This is an extremely harmful and antagonistic bill that would ban medically necessary, safe, and evidence-based medical care, and lead to negative mental and physical health outcomes for both cisgender and...

“This is an extremely harmful and antagonistic bill that would ban medically necessary, safe, and evidence-based medical care, and lead to negative mental and physical health outcomes for both cisgender and...

Jan 20, 2023

On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no one should settle for ‘a piece of freedom’ - Kansas Reflector

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Jan 20, 2023

ACLU fighting Kansas death penalty, cites abortion decision | The Wichita Eagle

Criminal Legal Reform

The ACLU says that when the Kansas Supreme Court in 2019 found that the state constitution protects abortion, a decision called Hodes, the justices set a “strict scrutiny” standard for laws that infringe on...

The ACLU says that when the Kansas Supreme Court in 2019 found that the state constitution protects abortion, a decision called Hodes, the justices set a “strict scrutiny” standard for laws that infringe on...

This building behind this gate at the Lansing Correctional Facility houses Kansas’ execution chamber. JILL JARSULIC JARSULIC
This building behind this gate at the Lansing Correctional Facility houses Kansas’ execution chamber. JILL JARSULIC JARSULIC
Jan 20, 2023

How Kansas lawmakers could try to restrict abortion this year | KMUW

Reproductive Freedom

“We would hope that legislators listen to what voters had to say with their overwhelming vote on the August ballot initiative,” said Aileen Berquist, policy director at the ACLU of Kansas.

“We would hope that legislators listen to what voters had to say with their overwhelming vote on the August ballot initiative,” said Aileen Berquist, policy director at the ACLU of Kansas.

Rose Conlon / Kansas News Service
Rose Conlon / Kansas News Service