abortion rights

The agency said complication plans failed to meet requirements of an emergency rule that clinics must provide the names of any physicians who prescribe abortion medication.

In Missouri's legislature, dozens of bills aim to overturn or weaken voter-approved initiatives, such as Amendment 3's enshrinement of abortion rights and Proposition A's minimum wage increase and paid sick leave laws.

For the first time in many years, Mid-Missourians will soon be able to access abortion care at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia, even though no procedures are scheduled for this week.

Because some licensing restrictions are still on the books, Planned Parenthood providers said they cannot perform abortions even after an order lifted the state's overall abortion ban.

Dr. Betsy Wickstrom, a high-risk OB-GYN in Kansas City, said she still worries abortion access will remain tenuous for the foreseeable future

The lawsuit comes hours after Missouri passed Amendment 3, which legalized abortion up to fetal viability.

Missourians approved Amendment 3, which would place language in the state constitution legalizing abortion.

Kathy Forck has spent years demonstrating against abortion at Planned Parenthood in Columbia.

Her experience with abortion has Sarah Johnson actively working to restore that right in Missouri.

The court says the anti-abortion doctors and organization behind that effort did not have the right to sue. The states contend that they have standing