Missouri Senate OKs Medicaid funding, rejects push to ban Planned Parenthood
A bipartisan coalition handed anti-abortion activists a rare defeat in the Missouri Senate Friday night, rejecting a push to ban Planned…
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Parson calls special session, setting up debate on contraceptives, Planned Parenthood
A special session to extend provider taxes essential to the state’s Medicaid program will begin at noon Wednesday, Gov. Mike Parson announced…
Federal appeals court upholds injunction blocking eight-week abortion ban
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s decision to block a Missouri law criminalizing abortions after eight…
Parson replaces administrative judge who heard abortion case
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, has replaced the administrative law judge who ruled against the…
Jaco: Missouri diverts tax dollars for the needy to anti-abortion extremists
The pro-Trump Tea Party white “populist” rage that fuels Missouri’s governing GOP super-majority has kept one principle from the old…
Divided U.S. Catholic bishops will debate Communion policy
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops plans to devote part of its national meeting next month to the sensitive issue…
Lawmakers push governor for special sessions on myriad of issues
A tax that funds $2 billion of Missouri’s Medicaid program. A push to ban the teaching of critical race theory…
Ashcroft urges Missouri Senate to shut down debate for Medicaid funding
Republicans in the Missouri Senate should move to shut down debate if a filibuster blocks anti-abortion lawmakers from putting their stamp…
Supreme Court to take up major abortion rights challenge
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to a showdown over abortion in a case that could dramatically alter…
Missouri lawmakers strike deal on anti-abortion language in Medicaid funding bill
Abortion opponents think they have a deal that would curtail the availability of some contraceptive options for Medicaid recipients that won’t endanger…
Some GOP-led states target abortions done through medication
About 40 percent of all abortions in the U.S. are now done through medication — rather than surgery — and…
Holding Medicaid hostage over birth control defies law and reason
While playing politics with health care in Missouri is certainly nothing new, holding Missouri Medicaid hostage over basic birth control…
Missouri must pay Planned Parenthood $140,000 in legal fees
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — A failed bid to shut down Missouri’s lone abortion provider will cost the state $140,000. Administration…
Mix of hope, dismay as religious leaders assess Biden
Donald Trump’s departure from the White House and the start of Joe Biden’s presidency have stirred new hope among many…
Abortions drop in Missouri because of regulations
ST. LOUIS (AP) — New restrictions caused a sharp drop in the number of women who had abortions at Missouri’s…
Abortion fight sparks revamp of Missouri petition laws
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Laws used by Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft last year to slow the collection of…