January 22, 2022 · MetroSTL Staff
With abortion access increasingly restricted across much of the South and Midwest, two Illinois clinics near St. Louis announced Friday…
January 4, 2022 · moindependent
After the issue ground legislative work to a halt last year, Missouri Republican lawmakers plan to renew their efforts to…
December 20, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — A Republican state representative has introduced legislation that would ban nearly all abortions in Missouri, mirroring…
December 5, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
On both sides of America’s abortion debate, activists are convinced that Roe v. Wade — the 1973 Supreme Court ruling…
November 23, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
On both sides of America’s abortion debate, activists are convinced that Roe v. Wade — the 1973 Supreme Court ruling…
November 15, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Before her daughter’s birth, the woman had spent weeks in bed. Another difficult pregnancy would be…
October 15, 2021 · moindependent
Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri is calling for President Joe Biden’s administration to intervene to…
October 14, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Planned Parenthood leaders condemned new regulations on Missouri abortion providers that took effect Wednesday. Yamelsie Rodríguez,…
October 4, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The administration of Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, has enacted more rules on Missouri abortion clinics.…
July 29, 2021 · moindependent
Gov. Mike Parson has added his name to the growing list of GOP elected officials asking the U.S. Supreme Court…
July 26, 2021 · moindependent
There is a fascinating history to Missouri’s recent special session to fix the legislature’s failure to continue one of the…
July 21, 2021 · moindependent
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…
July 14, 2021 · moindependent
After an eight-year fight over Medicaid expansion, the arguments are over. The question of whether 275,000 people will receive state-paid health care…
July 2, 2021 · moindependent
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to review an appeals court decision blocking a…
July 1, 2021 · moindependent
With fewer than 12 hours to spare before the start of a new fiscal year, the Missouri House approved on…
June 27, 2021 · moindependent
A bipartisan coalition handed anti-abortion activists a rare defeat in the Missouri Senate Friday night, rejecting a push to ban Planned…