Connie Jo Henry
Kansas State Representative District 37
About Connie Jo Henry
Connie Jo Henry is seeking election to the Kansas House of Representatives, District 37, bringing decades of dedicated healthcare leadership, unwavering community commitment, and strong conservative, Republican values to her campaign. As a lifelong Kansan with a passion for service, Connie Jo Henry stands out as a principled, experienced, and compassionate advocate for the people of Wyandotte County and the broader Kansas City region. Her priorities focus on “Do No Harm” in healthcare and reproductive rights, empowering parents in education, and preserving the traditional family values that make Kansas strong.
Proven Leadership in Healthcare and Community Service
With over 20 years of experience as a director of nursing in long-term care facilities, Connie Jo Henry is well-versed in the complexities of healthcare management and patient advocacy. As the Lead Nurse at Ford Plant Claycomo, MO, Connie was responsible for the emergency care and health services of over 2,800 employees and contractors. She managed multiple medical departments across a sprawling 1,500-acre facility, overseeing staffing, medical supply inventory, and emergency response — all while maintaining budget discipline.
Connie’s leadership extended to serving as Director of Homecare at Midland Hospice in Topeka, Kansas, where she compassionately cared for individuals at the end of life. She managed four hospice offices across 20 counties in northeast Kansas with a $9.2 million budget, ensuring quality care during families’ most challenging times. Her hands-on experience in both private and government-funded healthcare institutions has shaped her belief that effective, compassionate, and fiscally responsible healthcare should be accessible to all Kansans.
Education and Qualifications
Connie Jo Henry is a Registered Nurse with an Associate Degree of Nursing from Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas. She also holds credentials as a Licensed Practical Nurse from Kaw Valley Area Vocational Technical School in Kansas City, Kansas, and as an Emergency Medical Technician through Douglas County Ambulance Service in Lawrence, Kansas. Her extensive professional background and hands-on experience uniquely qualify her to address pressing healthcare issues in the Kansas Legislature.
- Registered Nurse, Associate Degree of Nursing, Baker University, Baldwin City, KS
- Licensed Practical Nurse, Kaw Valley Area Vocational Technical School, Kansas City, KS
- Emergency Medical Technician, Douglas County Ambulance Service, Lawrence, KS
Issues
Healthcare: “Do No Harm”
The Right To Receive Or Refuse Healthcare
Access to healthcare should never be denied or hindered by legislation. The right to choose to take or refuse healthcare should never be denied or hindered by legislation either. Once legislation gets involved in healthcare decisions, where will the line stop?
My Body, My Choice
The government does not have the right to make you take a vaccine. It is your body not theirs; you have the right to make that choice.
Who Is Responsible For The Choice?
The person or entity who makes the choice is responsible for the outcomes of that choice. The companies that were pushing the vaccines during COVID were not held responsible for the health problems and deaths they caused. Nor did those companies reimburse, pay damages, or do anything for the people who were adversely affected by taking their vaccine. If you are not held responsible for the outcome then you do not have the right to force someone to make the choice.
The Problem With Vaccines
The contents in many vaccines include mercury, aluminum, and stem cells (originated from aborted babies). These ingredients are causing adverse side effects in the people that receive the vaccines.
Mercury and Aluminum are put in vaccines as preservatives to give them a longer shelf life. However, if you break a thermometer that has mercury in it you need a hazmat team to clean up the mercury spill. It is poisonous. So, why inject that into your body with a vaccine?
When Government Is Involved In Healthcare
Government funded healthcare always produces higher expenses in health care and lower quality service. See the Veterans Hospital. It is a known fact that the VA hospital is not as good as private Hospitals. I know through experience. I worked in the VA and also in private hospitals.
It would be better to give all the veterans an insurance card so all the veterans can go and see who they want and keep the government out of their health care. That would save a lot of money.
What happened with Obamacare? The cost of healthcare went up (drastically), not down. The quality of care plummeted. Socialized medicine always sounds good in theory but never works in practice.
For example, the healthcare in Canada is socialized. It is now so difficult to get medical care (even an appointment to see the doctor), that if people can afford it, they come here to the USA because it can take years in Canada to get an appointment.
Conclusion
If your healthcare is harming you it is not healthcare.
Reproductive Rights: “Do No Harm”
The Right To Reproduce, Not The Right To Kill
As a woman and a healthcare professional, I will always support access to healthcare and to provide life and health, not death. The cornerstone of the medical ethics moto is primum non nocere (do no harm). Access to healthcare should never be denied or hindered by legislation. You have the right to reproduce, you do not, however, have the right to kill. In Kansas, in the year 2024, nineteen thousand eight hundred eleven (19,811) babies were killed by abortions.
Not Your Body, Not Your Choice
A child in its mother’s womb is alive and can be killed. Terminating a pregnancy is not only harming a living human being but also taking its life. This goes against the practice of medicine. A baby in the womb is not part of the mother’s body. It is not her body; it is a totally different body.
The Double Standard In The Law
There is a double standard in the law. If pregnant woman is seeking an abortion, they don’t call it a baby, the call it reproductive tissue. They don’t even give it a name. They don’t want to call it a baby. However, if a woman that is pregnant is killed (auto accident, homicide, etc.) the perpetrator is charged with two murders, the mother and the baby.
A Limited Right To Choose
The government justly limits your right to choose in many ways. You do not have the right to choose to steal, or murder, etc.
Conclusion
If your reproductive healthcare is killing someone it is not healthcare.
Education
I am a product of public schools. I firmly believe that every student should have the opportunity to either advance their education in higher education or have access to trade training in order to have a successful employment in their future.
However, Wyandotte County is near the bottom of test scores. There needs to be a plan on how to improve those. Low test scores limit opportunities and choices that you have. It can limit access to higher education and good choices among those universities.
Parents should have control over the curriculum that is taught to the students. The school should be under subjection to the parents, not the parents to the school. It should be illegal for school staff, teachers, or administration to withhold any information regarding their child.
- Remove SEL (Social, Emotional, Learning) from state standards.
- Remove DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) from curriculum and professional development.
- Make sure that CRT (Critical Race Theory) is not included in the school’s curriculum.
Community
I have lived in Wyandotte County for the past 22 years. My husband, Dwayne, has lived in Wyandotte county his entire life, all 75 years. I have been a volunteered for the Wyandotte County CERT (City Emergency Response Team) in Kansas City Kansas.
I am committed to protecting the traditional values and heritage that make Wyandotte County strong and resilient. By upholding these foundational principles—faith, family, and personal responsibility — we ensure the safety and well-being of our neighbors. Wyandotte County and Kansas are more than just places to live; they are my home, and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. I am happy to call Wyandotte County my home.