reproductive rights

With a May 5 deadline to collect nearly 172,000 signatures, Missourians for Constitutional Freedom is relying on hundreds of volunteers — some who hold personal connections to the campaign.

Backers of the Missourians for Constitutional Freedom initiative need roughly 171,000 signatures by early May to make it onto the ballot in either August or November.

As amendments aimed at legalizing abortion in cases of rape or incest were voted down, one Republican state senator defended the the decision saying, 'God does not make mistakes'

One bill would allow homicide charges for women who have abortions, while another seeks to punish companies that assist employees in obtaining the procedure

The Missouri Court of Appeals in Kansas City is weighing a pair of cases relating to a ballot initiative that would amend the Missouri Constitution to establish a right to abortion. The court is expected to rule soon.

Michelle Trupiano, the Executive Director of the Missouri Family Health Council, sat down with KBIA’s Rebecca Smith and spoke about The Right Time, a program that provides education and access to low or no cost birth control to Missourians across the state.

It’s been just more than a year since Missouri’s trigger law banned nearly all abortions in the state, and according to a new survey from The Right Time —many Missourians remain confused about the legality of emergency contraception and birth control.

LaKisha Redditt is a Black doula and the founder of Virtuously B’Earthed Doula Services in St. Louis. She spoke about how much more education black birthing people have to do to keep themselves and their babies safe – and about how a doula can help in that process.

Some St. Louis Catholics are suing the city over an ordinance that protects women against workplace discrimination based on whether they've had an…