Kansas Right to Life Groups

A reader who had recently moved to Kansas asked me about the pro-life groups here. These are the groups with which I am most familiar. Their websites with contact information can be found below as well as on my side bar.

1. Operation Save America, who are affliliated with OSA National in Dallas, Texas. Their primary avtivities include: sidewalk counselor training and sidewalk counseling at abortion facilities; printing sidewalk counselor hand-outs for all Wichita Pro-life groups; community outreach at schools and public places.

2. Right to Life of Kansas, who are affilliated with the American Life League, in Stafford, VA. Their primary activities include: Rating candidates through PAC; legislative lobbying; bus trip to March for Life; Annual Convention; local walks; videos, talks, and literature.

3. The Kansas Republican Coalition for Life, which is affiliated with the Republican National Coalition for Life, in Dallas, Texas. Their primary activities include: Organizing Committeemen and women candidates to run in the August Primary Elections on even numbered years; promoting the Pro-life cause within the Republican party at the district and state levels.

5. Kansans for Life, which is affiliated with the National Right to Life Committee in Washington, D.C. Their primary activities include: Lobbying the Kansas Legislature; preparing and distributing Pro-life voter's guides for state-level candidates; maintaining a Pro-life resource library and a Pro-life speaker's bureau.

6. Kansas Coalition for Life, Inc., which has no national affiliation, but works with the Pro-life Action League, Chicago, IL and Life Dynamics, Denton, Texas. Their primary activities include: LPPPA (Love Prayer and Persistent Political Action) a seven year plan to close Tiller's Abortion facility, involving a continuous presence at Tiller's gate; providing aid and support to mother's who change their mind about having an abortion; sponsoring an annual Pro-life Signature Ad, for the benefit of all Pro-life groups in Kansas. Primary Contact: Mark Geitzen, E-mail: mark@gietzen.us

7. Operation Rescue West -- The Wichita office is the National operation Rescue West Office. Their primary activities include: maintaining a fleet of Truth-trucks which travel throughout the USA; direct counseling of individuals and businesses who work, indirectly or directly for the abortion industry. ORW also investigates botched abortions and provides facts and statistics to the media.

There are many other Pro-life resources, which include pregnancy crisis centers, pregnancy care centers, and Pro-life medical clinics. Some of this are: A Better Choice, Birthline, Gerard House, HopeNet, Bethlehem Maternity Home, Choices Medical Clinic, Heartland Life Network, and Pregnancy Crisis Center.