Health & Science
Rose Conlon
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Kansas News Service
A study by the Commonwealth Fund ranks Kansas 32nd in the U.S. on women’s health metrics. The state got low marks for health care affordability and access.
Rose Conlon
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Kansas News Service
Evert Nelson
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Pool photo by the Topeka Capital-Journal
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Abortion providers say the law, which requires them to report women's reasons for getting abortions to state officials, is invasive and unconstitutional. Anti-abortion groups say it will provide meaningful data to policymakers. -
The Court decided Friday that cities can enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside and encampments, even if no shelter space is available. One statewide official called the ruling ‘profoundly disappointing.’ -
Trust Women says it’s on track to reopen this summer. But after firings and resignations, former employees say they’re concerned about the clinic’s future. -
Wichita is hoping to buy Park Elementary school and turn it into a shelter for people who are homeless by wintertime. But the Wichita school board voted last night to delay a vote on a potential sale until late June. -
The Blackwell Club, at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, brings female surgery residents and attending physicians together for community and education. -
The city hopes to use the building as an emergency shelter this coming winter, but the school district still needs to vote on the sale. -
Ascension has released little information on the attack, including whether private medical information was compromised. -
The point-in-time (PIT) count occurs annually in January. Volunteers and trained professionals walk miles across Sedgwick County to survey people experiencing homelessness. -
Trust Women and other Kansas clinics have played an outsized role in treating abortion patients from states with bans. The clinic’s new board president says she hopes the pause will be "very temporary." -
Kansas abortion providers are seeking to expand an ongoing lawsuit challenging several abortion restrictions.
