Pro-choice and paid sick leave advocates rallied at the Missouri Capitol Thursday to protest the state legislature’s passage of two measures. First, a ballot measure that would make most abortions in Missouri illegal again, and a bill to overturn paid sick leave for...
The Trump Administration is asking a federal judge to dismiss Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s lawsuit that seeks to restrict access to a popular abortion drug. The U.S. Supreme Court allowed access to the abortion drug last year. And last December,...
A pair of Missouri House bills would open the way for murder charges to be filed over abortions. HB 1072 and HB 1417 are both entitled the “Missouri Prenatal Equal Protection Act.” It would allow prosecutors to charge both the mother and the doctor who...
The legal battle continues, but in the meantime, abortions have resumed in Missouri. On February 14, A Jackson County judge temporarily blocked a regulation requiring all abortion clinics to be licensed by the state. Republicans aren’t happy about it, while Democrats...
Reactions keep pouring in from Friday’s ruling in Jackson County striking down several restrictions on abortion in Missouri. Friday’s ruling from Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang was part of the effort to implement Amendment 3, which Missouri voters passed in November and...
