Supreme Court Rules on Planned Parenthood Agreement

The State Supreme Court says the State Health Department did have the power to contract with Planned Parenthood for family planning services in 2002 and 2003. The Court has rejected a challenge to the contracts and has rejected claims that Planned Parenthood has to...

Prison Abortion Rights Upheld

A court ruling that forced the state to transport a pregnant female prisoner to an abortion clnic last year has been made to apply to all women in Missouri prisons. Federal Judge Dean Whipple has ruled that the US Supreme Court order that Missouri provide the...

Supreme Court Upholds Missouri’s Megan’s Law

The Missouri Supreme Court has handed down several decisions. Among them, one in which the judges unanimously agreed that most provisions of Missouri’s Megan’s Law – the law requiring sex offenders to register with law enforcement – are...
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