Governor Brownback
Will Kansas Become the First State Unable to Train and Accredit New OB-GYNs?
by Kari Ann Rinker, National Organization for Women (NOW), Kansas
March 19, 2012 - 11:38am (Print)
Today, the accreditation of KU Med School continues to hang in the balance at the hands of people who are supposedly advocating for the health of women and babies, yet somehow fail to see the disconnect in their mission that occurs as the result of a lack of trained ob-gyns within their state.
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Want Insurance Coverage for Contraception? Brownback Tells Women: "Work Somewhere Else"
by Kari Ann Rinker, National Organization for Women (NOW), Kansas
February 28, 2012 - 6:59pm (Print)
The Governor's flippant comment suggesting these women "work somewhere else" is a verbal strike against women's right to participate as equals in society and access a full range of preventive healthcare, while their male counterparts retain a full range of preventive care.
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In Kansas, A Public Conference Reveals Deep Contempt for the Poor and for Women
by Kari Ann Rinker, National Organization for Women (NOW), Kansas
November 16, 2011 - 4:49pm (Print)
What young women need (beyond the obvious need for greater access to low cost birth control and improved sex education in schools) is a boost to their self-esteem, mentors, and to be told that they possess greatness within themselves beyond what can be obtained by any man, babies, money, drugs or alcohol. They sure don't need the condescending and biased advice of Sam Brownback and the Heritage Foundation.
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