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Kansas in 2012? A Prediction of More Legal Battles, Higher Tax Bills, and Declining Access to Services

by Kari Ann Rinker, National Organization for Women (NOW), Kansas

January 3, 2012 - 12:28am (Print)

Until a change of course is demanded in the state of Kansas, our elected oppressors will no doubt continue to spend their time, energy, resources and taxpayer money in the never-ending pursuit of being the first state to eliminate abortion and even some forms of contraception through the eradication of access, while saddling the taxpayers with an ideological debt.

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Kansas Aide Who Targeted Dr. Tiller Admonished

by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

August 18, 2010 - 9:46am (Print)

Phill Kline deputy Eric Rucker admonished by discipline panel, but is ruled not to have known he supplied false information against the late Dr. George Tiller.

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Former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline Receives Ethics Complaint

by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

January 19, 2010 - 12:12pm (Print)

Former Attorney General Phill Kline is now under an ethics complaint for past actions regarding investigating abortion providers in the state of Kansas.

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Supposed Sebelius "Grand Conspiracy" Is A Sham

by Julie Burkhart, TrustWomenPAC

February 20, 2009 - 9:26am (Print)

What anti-choice advocates don't like about Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, leading candidate for HHS Secretary, is that she is pro-reproductive health. What they ignore is that she is a strong advocate for children's health and preventive care.

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Sebelius for HHS? Phill Kline Could Spoil the Party, Again

by Emily Douglas

February 19, 2009 - 12:35pm (Print)

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is reportedly Obama's no. 1 pick for head of HHS. But is her fight against rogue former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline making Obama nervous about anti-choice backlash to picking her?

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Roundup: Women Line Up to Donate Eggs; Kansas Supreme Court Slams Phill Kline

by Emily Douglas

December 9, 2008 - 10:58am (Print)

Women line up to donate eggs; more on what FOCA would do; Kansas Supreme Court finds Phill Kline in contempt of court; after vetoing abortion legalization, Uruguayan President offers to resign as head of his party; Obama can be "feminist-in-chief."

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Evidence Against Abortion Provider, Dr. Tiller, Gathered By Anti-Choice Activist?

by Amie Newman

November 18, 2008 - 1:51am (Print)

Former Attorney General Phill Kline makes no secret of his anti-choice position. But when he collected evidence against abortion provider Dr. Tiller to bring Tiller to trial, he used his Deputy Attorney General to do so - an anti-choice activist arrested over a dozen times for trespassing and protesting at abortion clinics.

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Pro-Choice GOP Win, Kline Defeat Signal End to Social Conservatism

by Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check

August 5, 2008 - 11:33pm (Print)

There's no place like home. Kansans resoundingly reject Phill Kline, again, and give a narrow victory to Pro-Choice Republican Lynn Jenkins over former far-right Congressman Jim Ryun.

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Kansas Supreme Court Protects Medical Records

by Emily Douglas

May 7, 2008 - 7:59am (Print)

The Kansas Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a grand jury cannot immediately access patients' private medical records as part of an investigation.

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Indicators of Generational Shift on Abortion Politics

by Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check

December 3, 2007 - 11:39am (Print)

Henry Hyde's death may be a metaphor of end times for the vitriolic anti-abortion movement, as indications from formerly rabid Kansas, and red-hot-competitive Iowa, open the door for aggressive assertion of progressive prevention policies. Are the candidates and Congress connecting the dots?

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