Abortion

Tap List | Big Rip to Host Abortion Access Fundraiser

By Alex Andujar | August 9, 2022

North Kansas City’s Big Rip Brewing Co. is the latest local brewery to organize a fundraising event for abortion rights.

Nick’s Picks | Back to School, Big Bill and Abortion Debate

By Nick Haines | August 8, 2022

Back to school, a big climate and health care bill and the ongoing abortion debate are at the top of the news forecast for Kansas City this week.

Kansas state Rep. Stephanie Clayton, an abortion rights supporter who was a Republican and is now a Democrat, reacts as a referendum to strip abortion rights out of the state constitution fails.

Kansas Voters Overwhelmingly Say ‘No’ to Stripping Abortion Rights from the State Constitution

By Dylan Lysen, Kansas News Service, Laura Ziegler, KCUR 89.3, Blaise Mesa, The Beacon | August 3, 2022

Kansas was the first state to vote on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. The vote preserves the right to an abortion in the Kansas Constitution.

Democrats in Kansas received this unsolicited text message on Monday, which falsely claims that a “yes” vote protects reproductive rights.

Former U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp Connected to False Text About Kansas Abortion Amendment

By Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector | August 2, 2022

Former U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp is behind the false text message about the Kansas constitutional amendment on abortion that enraged Democrats on Monday.

Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, photographed on Monday, June 6, 2022, in St. Louis is the only abortion provider in Missouri.

curiousKC | What are Reproductive Rights?

By Cami Koons, Vicky Diaz-Camacho | August 1, 2022

“Reproductive rights” has been a Google search phrase more in the past couple of months than in the search engine’s history. Here’s why, and what it means.