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Kansas clinics say they’ll continue to prescribe the abortion pill mifepristone this week — but big questions remain.
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A landslide vote last year kept abortion legal in Kansas, but now the fight continues in the Statehouse — where abortion opponents have already introduced legislation that would further restrict access.
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A Wichita Planned Parenthood began connecting abortion patients with out-of-state doctors in a bid to increase appointment availability. It comes after a judge struck down a state law banning telemedicine abortions.
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Abortions at Kansas clinics rose 36% after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade — and the number of Kansans ordering abortion pills from overseas doubled.
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A 58% rise in Black infant mortality in Kansas in 2020 sent researchers and community groups searching for answers and solutions.
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Kansas hospital spending grew 13% in 2020, at a faster rate than the national average. That could mean higher health insurance premiums.
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A shortage of health care workers in Kansas has created a crisis at nursing homes, which are closing even as the state’s population continues to age.
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2020 brought a sharp rise in the already-dire rate of Black infant mortality in Kansas. Black babies are now nearly three and a half times as likely to die in their first year of life as white babies.
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Earlier this month, voters soundly rejected an amendment to the Kansas Constitution that could have led to an abortion ban. But abortion remains tightly restricted in the state even as women from across the region flood Kansas clinics.
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A news release said it’s estimated that the combined enrollment for the center could start at more than 2,500 students.