Members of U.S. Senate panel fight over effects of abortion ruling on Black patients
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee began on Tuesday wading through the dozens of state laws that have taken…
Tag: Roe v Wade
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…
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…
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…
VP Harris blasts draft Supreme Court decision
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is blasting the draft U.S. Supreme Court decision that would overturn federal abortion rights.…
GOP eyes amending Missouri constitution to ensure no right to abortion exists post-Roe
If a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade holds true, nearly all abortions in Missouri would become illegal. But…
Supreme Court draft suggests Roe v. Wade could be overturned
WASHINGTON (AP) — A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe…
With few in-state abortions, Missouri lawmakers look toward a post-Roe v. Wade future
As restrictions on accessing an abortion in Missouri have steadily tightened, nearly 9,800 Missourians travelled to Kansas and Illinois to…
Missouri could make it harder to get out-of-state abortions
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — First-of-its-kind Missouri legislation shows that anti-abortion lawmakers in Republican-led states aren’t likely to stop at banning…
Logistics center will help abortion seekers get to Illinois
With abortion access increasingly restricted across much of the South and Midwest, two Illinois clinics near St. Louis announced Friday…