reproductive rights

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 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.

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.