Abortion

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.

Margot Riphagen has been Planned Parenthood Great Rivers’ vice president of external affairs since April of last year. She was a leader in the coalition of abortion rights supporters that led to Amendment 3 passing in Missouri.

For the first time since 2018, Missouri lawmakers will work with a new governor. While outgoing Gov. Mike Parson pushed a more budget-focused agenda, Gov.-elect Mike Kehoe already has established policy goals.

The Rolla City Council turned away a first effort to make the city the first in the state to declare itself a “Sanctuary City for the Unborn.”

Planned Parenthood wanted to resume offering abortions in several Missouri clinics on Friday, immediately after the state's new constitutional amendment rolling back a near total ban took effect

A Jackson County Judge Thursday gave defendants more time to respond to a motion which would apply her decision to all prosecutors in the state. KBIA’s Rebecca Smith and Anna Spidel report anti-abortion protestors gathered outside Columbia’s Planned Parenthood clinic this morning before the announcement.

The leader of Planned Parenthood Great Plains says the move is a ploy to prevent a Jackson County judge from potentially knocking down other abortion restrictions.

MU Political Scientist Peverill Squire explains why voters turned out for liberal policies, not politicians.

If a lawsuit successfully blocks enforcement of the state's abortion ban, this will be the first time since 2018 that the Columbia location provides abortions.