Lower KS teen pregnancy, abortion rates over last 20 years

Yesterday, the Kansas’ state health department, KDHE, released teen pregnancy data from 1991-2010 so that legislators, policy-makers and the public can monitor “emerging concerns” and “progress in reducing adolescent and teen pregnancy”. Overall, fewer Kansas girls now get pregnant during their teen years than did 20 years ago. The report also notes, “While Kansas has [...]

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Has Kansas abortionist Neuhaus finally lost her license?

Has the Kansas medical license of Kris Neuhaus actually been revoked by the state Healing Arts Board? Not quite, despite certain media headlines. An “initial order,” that her license be revoked was sent to the Board by Administrative Law Judge, Edward Gashler, who presided over her disciplinary hearing this winter.  The order was made public [...]

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Kansas District Attorney fails to elucidate “Shreddergate”

Abortion news stories are often subjected to a Friday afternoon “news dump”—a practice intended to hide a story’s significance—but even by that standard the latest revelations about a Kansas investigation into document shredding was a doozie. On February 17, Chad Taylor, the Democrat District Attorney for the jurisdiction of the capital city of Kansas, issued [...]

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Abortion lobbyists fight breast cancer undisputed risk info

Abortion supporters have grossly mischaracterized the provisions of the Pro-Life Protections Act, HB 2598, and, as expected, the Wichita Eagle blindly editorialized it as a measure that “defies mainstream science”. One of the purposes of HB 2598 is to codify basic elements of the informed consent pamphlet, so it cannot become a political football as [...]

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Kansas N.O.W. lobbyist tantrums escalating

The lobbyist for the National Organization for Women, Kari Rinker, is known for her strident testimony in the Kansas Statehouse but her behavior was miles outside the bounds of civil discourse during Thursday’s hearing for the Pro-Life Protections Act, House Bill 2598. The new legislation prohibits various state funding and tax credits for abortions, strengthens civil [...]

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Komen severs abortion grants, must fix abortion warning

The national pro-life community is rejoicing at Tuesday’s revelation that Planned Parenthood has lost the hefty financial support of the Susan J. Komen foundation, the  “pink ribbon” organization self-described as leading the war against breast cancer. (see lifenews.com for many stories on this) Yet Komen had been defeating their stated mission all along by denying the [...]

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