http://www.kscathconf.org Promoting Justice in Public Policy Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:21:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While the situation isn’t exactly clear, the Susan G. Komen Foundation appears to have knuckled under to pressure from the abortion industry and its advocates.  Komen’s earlier decision to cut financial ties with Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, caused a firestorm of criticism from abortion advocates. Read More >>]]> http://www.kscathconf.org/2012/02/04/komen-backtracks-recinds-earlier-decision-to-defund-planned-parenthood/ On January 20, three days before the annual March for Life, Catholics across the nation became abruptly acquainted with the hardball tactics of former governor Kathleen Sebelius that are all too familiar to Pro-Life Kansans.  While tirelessly lionized in the Kansas press as a political “moderate,” the now secretary of Health & Human Services has... Read More >>]]> http://www.kscathconf.org/2012/02/01/unprecedented-assault-on-religious-freedom-has-already-backfired/ Susan G. Komen for the Cure has canceled its financial partnership with Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. Please write to news@komen.org and say: “Thank you for defunding Planned Parenthood!” Read More >>]]> http://www.kscathconf.org/2012/02/01/susan-g-komen-defunds-planned-parenthood/ The Obama Administration’s decision to force religious organizations to provide free contraceptives, sterilizations, and abortion-inducing drugs is being challenged in court by Belmont Abbey College, a Catholic college in North Carolina, and Colorado Christian University.  The ultimate decision could eventually rest with the US Supreme Court. Read More >>]]> http://www.kscathconf.org/2012/01/31/contraceptive-mandate-faces-court-challenge/ Catholic Schools Week 2012 is here.  This is a time to appreciate the unique service that Catholic schools provide to students, parents, and society.  It is also an opportune time to encourage your legislators to support school choice policies that would give more parents the opportunity to choose a Catholic education for their children. Read More >>]]> http://www.kscathconf.org/2012/01/27/catholic-schools-week-jan-29-feb-4/ Kansas hasn’t always had the death penalty.  In fact, the death penalty has been repealed twice, the first time being in 1907 when Governor Hoch signed a bill to end the state death penalty.  The exact date Governor Hoch signed that historic piece of legislation was January 30th, which is why January 30th is now... Read More >>]]> http://www.kscathconf.org/2012/01/27/january-30th-is-kansas-abolition-day/ The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services has changed the formula it uses to determine eligibility for federal food assistance.  Under the new policy, certain US citizen children whose parents are in the country illegally will no longer be eligible for food stamps.  SRS contends that under the old formula, households with illegal immigrant... Read More >>]]> http://www.kscathconf.org/2012/01/23/srs-policy-change-ends-food-aid-for-children-of-illegal-immigrants/ Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that Catholic institutions which had sought a religious exemption from the “contraceptive mandate” would have to comply with the requirement to provide contraception, sterilization, and abortifacient drugs through their health plans regardless of their moral objections.  Under the policy announced today, religious non-profits will be granted... Read More >>]]> http://www.kscathconf.org/2012/01/20/obama-administration-rejects-calls-for-religious-exemption-to-contraceptive-mandate/ Governor Sam Brownback has unveiled a new tax proposal that would lower income tax rates, put the state on a path to no income tax, and would eliminate a host of popular deductions in the state tax code. Advocates for the poor expressed concern that the plan would end the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC),... Read More >>]]> http://www.kscathconf.org/2012/01/19/governor-brownback-unveils-new-tax-plan/ In landmark decision hailed by defenders of religious freedom, the US Supreme Court has ruled that the First Amendment protects religious institutions in their hiring and firing practices. Read More >>]]> http://www.kscathconf.org/2012/01/12/supreme-court-unanimously-supports-religious-liberty/