Taking sides over the abortion pill

Opponents of the new abortion pill vow to continue fighting its release. The FDA approved RU-486 for use in the U-S yesterday. Father Pat Rush, Vicker-General of the diocese of Kansas City/St. Joseph, calls the pill “drug warfare” on the unborn. Rush says...

Abortion debate reaches supreme court

A special attorney general argues before the State Supreme Court that the legislature acted within its rights in denying funding to Planned Parenthood. And Jordan Cherrick defends the method used. The legislature wrote language in the budget bill effectively shutting...

Abortion foes ready for legal fight

On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Nebraska’s abortion law, abortion rights advocates are looking forward to taking on Missouri’s law banning partial birth abortion. Peter Brownlie of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri...

Annual Fight Fizzles

Members of the Missouri House move through a traditionally troublesome part of the budget without much rancor this year. For the past six years, House Bill 10 has created controversy as anti-abortion lawmakers seek to cut Planned Parenthood out of the nearly...
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