Health & Science
Planned Parenthood Great Plains’ Pittsburg health center will offer abortions, contraception and other care beginning this fall.
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The temporary injunction also puts state-mandated counseling and a new abortion pill 'reversal' law on hold.
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Nearly 55% of Republicans support expanding Medicaid, according to a new poll from Fort Hays State University.
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After several options fell through, the city of Wichita says it has a building that could shelter 250 people. It’s still unclear who will pay to operate it.
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HumanKind has said it will open its emergency winter shelter for the homeless in November in Wichita, Kansas. Funding is still uncertain.
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The emergency winter shelter has historically been located at 841 N. Market. But Humankind says that the facility won’t hold the shelter this year.
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New research estimates Kansas saw one of the most significant increases in abortions in the country, driven by a surge in patients from nearby states.
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Abortion providers are suing over a handful of new and old abortion restrictions they say violate Kansans’ right to abortion. Attorney General Kris Kobach says the rules are necessary.
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Construction is expected to begin early next year and be completed by 2026.
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Nonprofits and local governments are bracing for a strain on the shelter system as the city prepares to lose 10% of its beds for people experiencing homelessness.
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The state reported its highest number of abortions in decades last year, after the overturning of Roe sent thousands of out-of-state women to Kansas clinics.