Gov. Sam Brownback’s ideological wars against poor women and the arts are costing Kansas.
Kansas is in a legal battle with Planned Parenthood of Kansas over the federal funding the Brownback administration has diverted to other recipients.
Planned Parenthood has three clinics in Kansas. Only one of these, the Overland Park clinic, provides abortions. With a slick maneuver, the governor ordered the state to pay out the federal money to hospitals and other clinics first and deliver what was left to Planned Parenthood. There was — surprise, surprise — nothing…
Main casualty in Gov. Sam’s war is Kansas itself
