Opposition to HB 2635 – Protect Patients’ Rights and Honest Healthcare

I am writing as a constituent to express my strong opposition to Kansas House Bill 2635. HB 2635 would grant anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs special legal protections while shielding them from appropriate state and local oversight. This bill represents yet another attempt to use public policy to promote explicitly anti-abortion organizations—often with taxpayer support—at the expense of patients’ rights, transparency, and access to accurate medical information. Kansas voters have been clear: decisions about pregnancy and healthcare belong to patients, not politicians. HB 2635 directly undermines that principle by privileging organizations that are designed to discourage abortion, often through biased counseling, misleading information, or omission of medically accurate options. Crisis pregnancy centers are not medical clinics, yet many intentionally present themselves as such. They are often unlicensed, unregulated, and not required to provide comprehensive or evidence-based healthcare information. Granting these organizations special legal immunity while removing oversight creates a dangerous double standard—one that puts Kansans at risk of receiving incomplete, inaccurate, or deceptive information during deeply personal and time-sensitive moments. HB 2635 would: Shield CPCs from accountability when they mislead patients Limit the ability of state and local governments to protect consumers Further entrench taxpayer support for organizations with a singular ideological agenda That is not healthcare. That is state-sanctioned misinformation. Kansans deserve access to comprehensive, unbiased, and medically accurate pregnancy care and counseling—including information about all legal options. When lawmakers elevate one ideology over patient autonomy and public accountability, they erode trust in our healthcare system and ignore the will of the voters. If the legislature is truly concerned with supporting families, it should be investing in: Evidence-based healthcare Prenatal and postpartum care Childcare, housing, and food security Policies that allow people to make informed decisions about their own bodies HB 2635 does none of those things. Instead, it moves Kansas backward by prioritizing ideology over patient well-being and public trust. I urge you to oppose HB 2635 and stand with Kansas voters, healthcare patients, and medical integrity.