Kansas Legislators: Respect Our Vote and Stop Shielding Misleading Pregnancy Centers
Kansas Legislators: Respect Our Vote and Stop Shielding Misleading Pregnancy Centers
The Issue
Kansas lawmakers have crossed a line.
In a move that defies the will of Kansans, Republican legislators overrode Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of the so-called CARE Act — a bill that shields crisis pregnancy centers from any requirement to provide accurate information about abortion, referrals, or medical procedures. These centers are not medical clinics. They are ideologically driven organizations whose explicit purpose is to steer women away from abortion — and now, the Kansas Legislature has handed them a legal armor that no hospital, nonprofit, or counseling center in the state enjoys.
This is not about protecting life. It is about protecting misinformation.
Kansas voters made themselves clear in 2022: they voted to protect abortion access in this state. Since then, lawmakers have systematically worked to erode that decision — appropriating more than $7 million in taxpayer money to fund these centers while abortion clinics receive nothing, and now passing legislation that lets these same centers operate with less oversight and more legal power to sue anyone who challenges them.
Women facing unintended pregnancies deserve honest, complete, accurate information. Not state-protected ideology. When a woman walks into a pregnancy center that looks and feels like a medical clinic, she has every right to expect the truth. The CARE Act takes that right away — and Kansas legislators voted to make sure it stays that way.
This isn't just about abortion. It's about whether Kansas women can trust the information they receive at one of the most vulnerable moments of their lives. It's about whether public funds should flow to organizations that mislead the very people they claim to serve. And it's about whether a handful of legislators can keep overturning what Kansas voters have already decided.
We are calling on Kansas lawmakers to repeal the CARE Act, restore accountability standards for pregnancy centers receiving public funds, and start honoring the voices of the Kansans they represent.
The voters of Kansas have spoken. It's time for the legislature to listen.
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The Issue
Kansas lawmakers have crossed a line.
In a move that defies the will of Kansans, Republican legislators overrode Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of the so-called CARE Act — a bill that shields crisis pregnancy centers from any requirement to provide accurate information about abortion, referrals, or medical procedures. These centers are not medical clinics. They are ideologically driven organizations whose explicit purpose is to steer women away from abortion — and now, the Kansas Legislature has handed them a legal armor that no hospital, nonprofit, or counseling center in the state enjoys.
This is not about protecting life. It is about protecting misinformation.
Kansas voters made themselves clear in 2022: they voted to protect abortion access in this state. Since then, lawmakers have systematically worked to erode that decision — appropriating more than $7 million in taxpayer money to fund these centers while abortion clinics receive nothing, and now passing legislation that lets these same centers operate with less oversight and more legal power to sue anyone who challenges them.
Women facing unintended pregnancies deserve honest, complete, accurate information. Not state-protected ideology. When a woman walks into a pregnancy center that looks and feels like a medical clinic, she has every right to expect the truth. The CARE Act takes that right away — and Kansas legislators voted to make sure it stays that way.
This isn't just about abortion. It's about whether Kansas women can trust the information they receive at one of the most vulnerable moments of their lives. It's about whether public funds should flow to organizations that mislead the very people they claim to serve. And it's about whether a handful of legislators can keep overturning what Kansas voters have already decided.
We are calling on Kansas lawmakers to repeal the CARE Act, restore accountability standards for pregnancy centers receiving public funds, and start honoring the voices of the Kansans they represent.
The voters of Kansas have spoken. It's time for the legislature to listen.
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The Decision Makers
Supporter Voices
Petition created on March 31, 2026