Tag: abortion

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court returned to the courtroom Monday for the start of a momentous new term, after a…

Former U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a conservative Missouri Republican whose comment that women’s bodies have a way of avoiding pregnancies…

The Supreme Court begins its annual term on Oct. 4, 2021, with a packed agenda highlighted by three claims of…

Three Democratic members of Congress offered deeply personal testimony about their own abortions as a congressional committee examined on Thursday…

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — A Missouri law seeking to ban most abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy led to a…

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday about whether Secretary of State Jay…

Medication abortion accounts for about 40% of all abortions in the U.S. The increasingly common method relies on pills rather…

The fate of Missouri’s ban on abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy, with no exception for rape or incest, rests in…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Dec. 1 in a case that threatens to overturn decades…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature could soon be considering legislation similar to a new Texas law that bans most…

The U.S. Supreme Court has failed to rule on an emergency application to block SB8, a controversial Texas law that bans abortions…

The nation’s most far-reaching curb on abortions since they were legalized a half-century ago took effect Wednesday in Texas, with…

Gov. Mike Parson has added his name to the growing list of GOP elected officials asking the U.S. Supreme Court…

In a move long-time legal observers say is unusual, the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will, on its own motion, review a…

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to review an appeals court decision blocking a…

With fewer than 12 hours to spare before the start of a new fiscal year, the Missouri House approved on…