Kansas GOP candidates have suddenly become moderates on abortion. How convenient. How cynical.
I vividly recall the anti-abortion “Summer of Mercy” protests that swallowed Wichita in the summer of 1991. The protesters who blocked access to George Tiller’s clinic made no bones about their stance: Abortion was murder, and they were fighting to save the lives of babies. In the 33 years since, anti-abortion advocates built their movement atop the shoulders of […]
Kansas women changed the world in the summer of 2022
It was a typical Friday in the summer of 2022. I was driving my daughters to camp, sipping my coffee and listening as they belted lines to yet another Taylor Swift song in the backseat. It was about 9 a.m., which also meant it was about time for the Supreme Court of the United States […]
Survey shows Kansas voters worry about health, child care, hunger — and out-of-touch lawmakers
TOPEKA — A survey of Kansans’ attitudes on lawmakers, health care and economic issues found a wellspring of support for expanding Medicaid eligibility — along with a prevailing belief that lawmakers aren’t tuned into the financial challenges Kansas families are facing and are not passing policies that help Kansans. Nonpartisan research firm Perry Undem conducted the study […]
