Reproductive Rights

A polling location in Hays, Kansas.

Kansas Recounted 556,364 Ballots After the Abortion Amendment Lost. Just 63 Votes Changed

The Kansas secretary of state’s office said a recount of the recent abortion amendment vote in nine counties only changed about 60 out of 556,364 votes. The amendment still lost by wide margins.

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Alison Dreith stands in front of her barn in southern Illinois.

Kansas Abortion Supporters Race to Keep Up With Surging Demand, Donations

As many other states “go dark” in terms of access to abortion, Kansas has become key for Midwesterners seeking reproductive care.

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Big Rip Brewing Co.

Tap List | Big Rip to Host Abortion Access Fundraiser

North Kansas City’s Big Rip Brewing Co. is the latest local brewery to organize a fundraising event for abortion rights.

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Kansas state Rep. Stephanie Clayton, an abortion rights supporter who was a Republican and is now a Democrat, reacts as a referendum to strip abortion rights out of the state constitution fails.

Kansas Voters Overwhelmingly Say ‘No’ to Stripping Abortion Rights from the State Constitution

Kansas was the first state to vote on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. The vote preserves the right to an abortion in the Kansas Constitution.

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Democrats in Kansas received this unsolicited text message on Monday, which falsely claims that a “yes” vote protects reproductive rights.

Former U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp Connected to False Text About Kansas Abortion Amendment

Former U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp is behind the false text message about the Kansas constitutional amendment on abortion that enraged Democrats on Monday.

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Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, photographed on Monday, June 6, 2022, in St. Louis is the only abortion provider in Missouri.

curiousKC | What are Reproductive Rights?

“Reproductive rights” has been a Google search phrase more in the past couple of months than in the search engine’s history. Here’s why, and what it means.

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People at a rally for abortion access at Mill Creek Park near the Country Club Plaza.

Follow the Money: Who is Funding Kansas Abortion Amendment Ads?

Two organizations formed to campaign on either side of the abortion referendum on the Kansas ballot Tuesday have raised — and spent — more than $11 million between them since the start of the year.

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Zoe Schell, from Topeka, Kansas, stands on the steps of the Kansas Statehouse during a rally to protest the Supreme Court's ruling on abortion Friday, June 24, 2022, in Topeka.

Discussing the Values of ‘Value Them Both’

A virtual event hosted by the KC Media Collective discussed the language, values and context in which voters are being asked to decide on abortion rights in Kansas.

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Lemonade Park

Tap List | Local Breweries Band Together on Abortion Issue

To show their support for women’s right to choose, Casual Animal and Stockyards Brewing Co. have joined with restaurant Voltaire and Lemonade Park for the Show Up for Reproductive Rights event.

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The mugshots of three Jane Collective members after being arrested by Chicago Police in 1972.

When Abortion Was a Crime

These women broke the law (or went around it) to terminate their pregnancies. More than 50 years later, they can recall every detail.

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