reproductive health

Despite complying with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Missouri has yet to receive its Title X grant, which funds reproductive healthcare services.

The study, published earlier this year in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, examined how abnormal cells can develop and lead to diseases such as uterine cancer.

The Missouri Family Health Council (MFHC) was expecting year 4 of a 5 year grant for $8.5 million until The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services informed the council and 15 other Title X grantees that the money was being temporarily withheld.

A day before the new budget period for Title X, a federal reproductive healthcare grant, Missouri’s sole grantee received notice from the federal government that the state’s cash would be withheld.

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.

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.

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 Missouri Family Health Council saw a spike in emergency contraception kits following election day. To keep up, volunteers gathered in Jefferson City to help build the kits.

Healthcare providers say they’re seeing a drastic increase in the number of emergency contraceptive kit requests by Missourians since the election.

Title X grantees say they are unsure of the fund’s future financing and rule changes.