Let lawmakers know that you support comprehensive reproductive health care for women and their families in Wichita including access to safe, legal abortion, STD testing, prenatal care, OB care, birth control, emergency contraception, breast exams, pregnancy testing, adoption services and more.  We condemn the history of harassment, intimidation and violence perpetuated by anti-choice extremists against women’s health care providers in

Last Friday, December 7th, the Wichita Peace & Social Justice Center brought in the much admired Tom Hayden to speak at their annual dinner. Imagine our surprise when Mr. Hayden wanted to come to the former Women’s Health Care Services and meet the people who are opening South Wind Women’s Center. What an honor it was to meet him! Mr.

The third annual Take Root conference will be held on February 15th-16th, 2013 at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK. We are thrilled to be a part of what has grown to be a groundbreaking conference in Mid-West and the South- where issues in Red States are truly addressed from a real life perspective.  Each time we have spoken

Irin Carmon of Salon.com interviewed Julie about the purchase of a building and how we’re bringing full spectrum reproductive services back to Wichita. “In the three years since abortion provider George Tiller was murdered, his clinic has sat empty, and his murderer’s gleeful declaration, “I stopped abortion in Wichita,” has remained technically true. But Julie Burkhart, who used to run Tiller’s political action

On the evening of May 31st, Dr. Tiller’s memory was honored at a Trust Women tribute event in Wichita, Kansas.  The date marked the 3rd anniversary of this brave abortion provider’s death. On May 31, 2009, Dr. George Tiller was shot and killed as he served as an usher at Reformation Lutheran Church during a Sunday morning service in Wichita,

Trust Women’s Assistant Director, Virginia Phillips, was recently quoted in an article entitled “How Kansas is closing in on becoming the first abortion-free state”. The article highlights the exceedingly restrictive anti-abortion legislation that Kansas has passed in both their 2011 and 2012 sessions and the fact that a woman’s right to choose may soon be a thing of the past

Trust Women submitted this letter to the editor  to The Wichita Eagle and it was published on May 21, 2012: “Regarding “Go after mothers” (May 9 Letters to the Editor): Pregnant women have indeed been arrested and charged with child abuse or some other crime because they continued a pregnancy to term in spite of a drug problem. However, prosecution and

On May 2, Trust Women released this statement on the Kansas State Senate’s vote of 23 to 16 to pass H Sub SB 62.  The bill allows health care professionals, including institutions, to not administer or refer for any medication or treatment a patient if the individual or institution “reasonably” believes it would terminate a pregnancy. “Tonight is a sad

This documentary on Dr. George Tiller, the brave Kansas abortion provider shot and killed at his church in Wichita in 2009, features Dr. Tiller’s colleague and Trust Women Founder and Director Julie Burkhart

By John Celock, Huffingtonpost.com April 9, 2012 A pro-choice group that worked with an abortion doctor who was gunned down in 2009 will be assisting Republican Kansas state senators in their bid to defeat conservative challengers in the August primary. Trust Women, a Wichita-based group headed by Julie Burkhart, will provide campaign assistance to moderate Republican senators in what has become an

Dr. Kristin Neuhaus, the Kansas doctor who provided second opinions to Dr. Tiller, was stripped of her medical license. Dr. Neuhaus was the subject of a witch-hunt. It was clear that she would not get a fair hearing under the Kansas state government or Governor Brownback. There was a political agenda at work, and someone was going to pay –

By Thomas Knapp, LJWorld.com February 9, 2012 Topeka — Last year, five bills limiting abortion services and affordable contraception were passed by the Kansas Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback. On Wednesday, a House committee started consideration of the first abortion bill of the current session that opponents say will create more limitations. READ

We all heard about the War on Women in 2011. Conservative legislators attacked our rights on every front, from attempts to limit our access to birth control, to the IRS monitoring abortions, to restrictive regulations placed on abortion care facilities.  We are now five weeks into 2012 and several state legislatures are already in session.  Unfortunately, the War on Women

This week, in honor of the anniversary of Roe v Wade, Trust Women is participating in the Trust Women Silver Ribbon Campaign Online March. We’d like to invite you to join us. We are teaming with Moveon.org and other coalition members such as NOW, SisterSong, Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and National Advocates for Pregnant Women in a Virtual March to tell

Gov. Sam Brownback asked Kansans to provide suggestions to rid the state of laws that are “unreasonable, unduly burdensome, duplicative, onerous or conflicting.” In response, this week my organization is delivering nearly 600 petitions to the governor’s Office of the Repealer. These are nearly 600 petitions that support overturning laws that are not only burdensome but also unnecessary. They are

Let your representatives know what you think about the issues surrounding women’s reproductive rights. Click here to look up your representatives

Join us February 24-25, 2012 in Norman, Oklahoma Click here to learn more and register for this event Conference Panels for 2012 Friday February 24 (evening panels): Media For Social Change Change the World and Eat Too: Professional development for activists DIY Organizing Saturday February 25: Criminalizing Bodies in Red States: How it’s affecting you Perspectives and Priorities from Communities

Wow! We have received nearly 400 petitions since we wrote you last week. Can you help us collect even more? We want to deliver at least 500 petitions to the Office of the Repealer, asking that they repeal five pieces of anti-choice legislation that will place extraordinary burdens on women. Click here to sign our petition. Then, forward it on

Thank you so much for your help in reaching out to the Kansas state government to protest the unfair anti-choice laws that have limited women’s access to reproductive health care.  This office has the power to overturn any laws it deems “burdensome” or unnecessary in the state of Kansas.  Nothing could be as burdensome and unnecessary to women and families

Last year, when surveyed, supporters said that one of the most important actions a pro-choice organization could take is to repeal the many anti-choice laws that have passed state legislatures in recent years.  Well, we couldn’t agree more. Last week, we wrote a letter to the Kansas Office of the Repealer encouraging them to do just that.  In the letter,