We, the undersigned physicians, nurses, genetic counselors, pharmacists, midwives, surgical assistants, physical therapists, psychologists and other healthcare team members are going on record to speak out FOR Reverend Mark Holland and other candidates who believe in and support civil rights for all people regardless of gender, and who will help unite our elected officials against radical extremism. This statement is necessary because, despite the fact that Kansans voted resoundingly AGAINST a constitutional amendment that would allow right wing politicians to legislate a ban on evidence-based, scientific, humane and comprehensive medical care for pregnant people, there are Senators and Congresspersons who are, even now, crafting federal legislation which will do exactly what the majority of Americans do NOT want: banning reproductive healthcare such as abortion in every circumstance. We stand AGAINST extreme political measures that subjugate women as second- class citizens without rights of bodily autonomy and privacy, and jeopardize their health and future childbearing capacity. We stand AGAINST the criminalization of life-saving, compassionate medical care in the most devastating and personal of circumstances: complicated pregnancies and those that are the result of rape, incest or sexual abuse. We stand FOR those candidates (like Mark Holland) who have pledged to fight for a national policy of commonsense support for the pregnant people and clinicians who make difficult decisions daily, and need to have these conversations in the privacy of the medical office and exam room without fear of recrimination. Signed, Dr. Elizabeth Wickstrom, Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist