Board of Aldermen moves to fund help for out-of-state abortions
CITY HALL – The St. Louis Board of Aldermen has given initial approval to the establishment of a $1 million…
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Opinion: States with strong anti-abortion laws have high maternal, infant mortality rates
As someone who considers himself pro-life, I should be celebrating the recent Dobbs case that the Supreme Court used to…
Biden unveils executive order on abortion access, cites case of 10-year-old rape survivor
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, who has repeatedly been criticized as slow to respond to the widely expected U.S. Supreme…
State abortion ban does not prohibit Plan B nor contraception, Missouri AG says
After at least one hospital system in Missouri stopped providing emergency contraception because of ambiguity in the state’s abortion ban,…
Parson signs proclamation to end elective abortions in Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY – Today, in response to the United States Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, Gov. Mike Parson signed…
Roe overturned: What you need to know about the Supreme Court abortion decision
After half a century, Americans’ constitutional right to get an abortion has been overturned by the Supreme Court. The ruling…
U.S. Supreme Court overturns right to abortion in landmark decision
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that established abortion as a constitutional right.…
If Roe falls, some district attorneys won’t enforce anti-abortion laws
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As the Supreme Court appears on track to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, progressive prosecutors…
30 cases in a month: Abortion, guns top justices’ to-do list
WASHINGTON (AP) — Curbing abortion rights and expanding the right to be armed in public are long-sought goals of the conservative legal movement that…
Missouri helps abortion opponents divert state taxes to crisis pregnancy centers
In the final days of Missouri’s legislative session in May 2019, lawmakers turned their focus to a bill that would…
Health agency appeals ruling requiring it to pay Planned Parenthood legal fees
Missouri’s health department is appealing a Cole County judge’s ruling that put the state on the hook to pay at…
Opinion: The abortion debate is filled with misinformation, hypocrisy
Embedded in the protracted abortion debate are many existing conditions and facts that are often omitted or distorted, along with…
Missouri legislature may revisit contraceptive limits post-Roe
By the time state lawmakers return to the Capitol next year, nearly all abortions could be illegal in Missouri. With a…
Hopes dwindle that Missouri lawmakers will extend postpartum care for new mothers
A bipartisan proposal to extend postpartum care for low-income women in Missouri to a full year after they’ve given birth…
Vote on abortion rights planned in U.S. Senate next week; likely to fall short
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will force a vote next week on a bill to codify abortion protections, following…
Kansas abortion rights battle will affect the many Missourians who cross state line
The stakes for the August vote over a Kansas constitutional amendment on abortion access were made clear by the leak of…