By ALAN WELDON
Kansans for Life Chairman of the Board
WICHITA – Kansans for Life announces that Mary Wilkinson, KFL Vice President, has succeeded Joe Patton, KFL President, as Interim President of Kansans for Life. The Executive Board is thankful to Joe Patton for his service to KFL.
Wilkinson has been involved in the pro-life movement for 30 years, getting her feet wet during the “Summer of Mercy” in Wichita, and serving as President of Kansans for Life Wichita affiliate. She also serves on the KFL Political Action Committee, both statewide and locally in Wichita.
Patton is one of the founders of Kansans for Life and has served as volunteer president of Kansans for Life for the past year and a half. Patton will continue as a volunteer to organize a coalition to lead the statewide effort to pass a constitutional amendment to ensure the people’s right, through their legislators, to continue to pass pro-life laws in Kansas.
Patton stated, “I have enjoyed working with KFL and am honored to have served the pro-life community as President during this time of transition with the passing of a great pro-life leader, David Gittrich. I will cherish many memories from the past year and a half. The organization will have continued success under the capable direction of its new President, Mary Wilkinson. Mary has my full support and I am confident under her leadership Kansans for Life will be in good hands. I am more passionate today than I have ever been about the pro-life cause. I will continue to be involved in the pro-life movement because we have all been called to secure the foundation of all human rights, the right to life.”
Wilkinson said, “It is my honor and privilege to serve as Interim President of Kansans for Life, an organization that I have worked with for three decades. There is no more important work today than saving the lives of the weak, the helpless, the vulnerable, created in God’s image. KFL stands ready to continue to educate, to elect pro-life leaders, and to pass laws that save lives. I look forward to serving KFL and working together with all pro-life Kansans in this important election year.”