by admin | Dec 7, 2007 | Politics / Govt
An initiative petition aimed at banning most abortions in Missouri has been approved for circulation by Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D-MO). Before the issue can be brought to voters in the November, 2008 election, the sponsors must collect between 86,000 and...
by admin | Dec 3, 2007 | Politics / Govt
Planned Parenthood is circling the wagons against what it sees as an assault on abortion rights. It’s calling on Governor Matt Blunt (R-MO) to disband his Task Force on the Impact of Abortion on Women, calling the 14-member panel a sham organization whose true...
by admin | Sep 24, 2007 | Crime / Courts
Planned Parenthood claims a win in its ongoing legal challenge to a part of HB 1055 , Missouri’s newest abortion law that calls for stricter regulation of abortion clinics. A federal judge has granted the group its preliminary injunction request....
by admin | Sep 12, 2007 | Crime / Courts
A federal magistrate says one of the claims by Lisa Montgomery’s lawyers should not be allowed in her trial. Montgomery is the woman accused of killing a Skidmore mother-to-be and cutting her unborn child out of the woman’s womb. Her lawyers say Montgomery...
by admin | Sep 11, 2007 | Politics / Govt
A federal judge promises a ruling by September 24th on the court challenge to Missouri’s latest anti-abortion law. Planned Parenthood and a St. Louis-area abortion provider say the law will force closure of three facilities that do legal abortions in...