Abortion

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is appealing an order from a Jackson County judge that currently prevents the state from enforcing numerous abortion regulations. But the state supreme court unanimously refused to take up his request.

Planned Parenthood Great Rivers Medical Director Margaret Baum said Tuesday the clinic had opened its books for patients to make abortion appointments starting next week.

The Missouri Supreme Court handed down a ruling that struck down injunctions put in place last year by Jackson County judge Jerri Zhang, effectively re-instating the state's near-total abortion ban.

The head of Planned Parenthood Great Plains said abortion services will continue in mid-Missouri, even after lawmakers passed House Joint Resolution 73 last week, which puts limitations on abortion before voters next year.

A newly enacted law allows the attorney general to challenge temporary injunctions, a move inspired by a pending abortion-rights case.

House Republicans have advanced a joint resolution to the floor which would put limits on abortion rights that voters added to the state constitution in November.

In-clinic abortion care has returned to Columbia after a long hiatus. KBIA’s Rebecca Smith takes us behind the scenes – on a tour of the local Planned Parenthood health clinic.

As of 8 a.m. Monday morning, abortions are once again available in Columbia. The procedure has been inaccessible to those living in mid-Missouri since the last abortion was performed at the Columbia Planned Parenthood clinic in 2018.

Republicans say that putting a new measure on the ballot to undo Amendment 3 is a priority for this legislative session.

Officials from a Kansas City Planned Parenthood on Tuesday confirmed the first procedure has been performed since the state almost completely outlawed abortion in 2022.