EFFORRTS TO SUPPORT WOMEN IN UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES are moving through the legislative process. HB 2135 and SB 96 are tax credit bills for pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) that passed out of committee and will soon be on the House and Senate floors for debate. The idea is to incentivize donations to these organizations so they can better …
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 »
The Kansas Catholic Conference 2019 Legislative Review If the 2019 Kansas Legislative “Veto Session” ended at 3:08 a.m. on Sunday, May 5, our next round of work at the Kansas Catholic Conference began at 3:09 a.m.! This may be a bit of an exaggeration, but not by much. The point is that our work never …
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 »
January 21, 2017 11:00 AM — Mass at the Topeka Performing Arts Center (TPAC) 12:30 PM — March from TPAC to the Capitol Building 12:45 PM — Rally for Life on the south steps of the Capitol
June 30, 2016 Kansas Bishops’ Statement on the Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt Decision Monday, the United States Supreme Court struck down a Texas law that required abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital and to meet the same health and safety standards as other ambulatory surgical centers. Forty-three years after Roe v. Wade, the …
Kansas Bishops’ Statement on the Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision Read More »
June 25, 2015 Judge Larry Hendricks has blocked a new law passed by the Kansas Legislature that bans brutal dismemberment abortions. The attorney general of Kansas called the ruling “unprecedented.” The Kansans for Life Blog describes the situation here.
April 7, 2015 When Governor Brownback signed SB 95 this morning, Kansas become the first state in the country to ban dismemberment abortions, a brutal procedure in which an unborn child is torn limb from limb. This procedure is typically used on unborn children that are 3-5 months along in a pregnancy. There are roughly 600 …
February 10, 2015 Leaders from various faith traditions met at the Kansas Capitol today to call for an end to the death penalty. Archbishop Naumann spoke on behalf of the Catholic bishops in support of legislation that would abolish capital punishment in Kansas.
September 12, 2014
