The Kansas Catholic Conference focuses on three main areas: Life, Marriage and Families, and Religious Liberty. Here is a brief list of other bills we have been supporting and/or following. · SB 118: Expanding the duties of the secretary of health and environment when investigating maternal deaths to include promoting continuity of care, helping develop performance …
Legislation we’ve been working on in the 2023 Session. Read More »
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Special Committee on Medicaid Expansion Chuck Weber, Executive Director, Kansas Catholic Conference November 12, 2019 Chairperson Landwehr, Vice Chair Suellentrop and members of the committee: Thank you for the opportunity to offer testimony on this profoundly important issue. The Catholic desire of authentic affordable healthcare for all people, regardless of socioeconomic status is inspired …
APRIL 30, 2019 The living faith tradition of the Catholic Church inspires us, the Catholic Bishops of Kansas, to support the principle that all people should have access to health care. Expansion of Medicaid to cover individuals who cannot currently afford health insurance would help bring an end to the uncertainty and fear that the …
STATEMENT ON MEDICAID EXPANSION FROM THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF KANSAS Read More »
APRIL 25, 2019 Far from empowering or advancing the status of women, today’s ruling by the Kansas State Supreme Court is a grotesque caricature of emancipation. The discovery of a right to abortion in the 150-year-old Constitution promotes a merciless culture of death by belittling and trivializing the fundamental value and sacredness of each child …
Kansas Catholic Bishops Denounce State Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion Read More »
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December 7, 2018 Politicians campaigning one way then governing differently are as American as Mom and apple pie. Case in point: Kansas Governor-elect Laura Kelly. “Candidate Kelly” projected the image of a reasonable, reach-across-the-aisle moderate, talking up issues like school funding, health care and the economy. Once safely elected, the narrative changed. During Kelly’s first …
Defense of Adoption Act a Top Priority For Kansas Catholics Read More »
