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The Kansas Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee passed two bills this week that potentially weaken the existing safety net of vaccine requirements, putting us at risk for preventable disease. This marks the third straight session in which the Senate has considered anti-vaccination legislation. As we approach the last days for consideration of these measures, it is important that you contact your Senator and let him/her know that you oppose this legislation and express your concern for the impact on the health of Kansans.

If you reside in Johnson County, it is imperative that you contact your Kansas State Senator via email or phone and record your opposition. Both bills promote policies soundly rejected by Kansans in Nurture KC’s 2022 scientific public opinion poll: Kansas Vaccine Poll.
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Read more about both bills and access talking points to send to your legislator at Action Alert – Nurture KC 3.24.23.

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“As the director of Healthy Start, a program of Nurture KC that serves a majority of Black families, it’s my goal to create a safe place for Black lives to matter. A place for Black women to be heard – in both the good and the bad. We listen to their fears and help them overcome. We listen to their accomplishments and help them celebrate,” says Shannon Williams, Healthy Start Director at Nurture KC. “Our program works to improve maternal health and birth outcomes. When birth outcomes are improved for Black moms and babies, then birth outcomes will improve for ALL moms and babies.”

 

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Nurture KC and the Kansas Health Institute have both published separate, yet related, reports on vaccinations in Kansas. Today our Executive Director, Tracy Russell, shared key findings with decision makers at the capitol – Senator Kristen O’Shea; Senator Cindy Holscher; Dr. John Eplee, Kansas Representative and more. Keeping Kansans safe and healthy through routine immunizations is a bipartisan issue that has support from both sides. Those reports are also now available to the public at nurturekc.org/solutions/immunization/#reports.

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Nurture KC now offers doula services for the moms we serve through Healthy Start, thanks to a grant from the Health Forward Foundation. Lizet Ansaldo with Esperanza Birth Doula Services is helping many of our Spanish-speaking moms with their birth experience. Thank you, Lizet, for making a difference! And congrats to this sweet family on their new addition!

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