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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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The lawsuit comes hours after Missouri passed Amendment 3, which legalized abortion up to fetal viability.
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Title X grantees say they are unsure of the fund’s future financing and rule changes.
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The organization's leadership says neither legislative efforts to cut Planned Parenthood off from Medicaid funding nor next month's vote on an abortion-rights amendment were factors in the consolidation.
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Planned Parenthood lost the ability to reimburse patients with Medicaid coverage in late August.
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Missouri Planned Parenthoods are challenging the state over a new law that kicked the organization out of the Medicaid program.