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...

Ruling clouds Missouri law

Nebraska’s law dealing with so-called partial birth abortions may have been struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, but that ruling should not have any direct impact on Missouri’s similar law. That’s the view of Lou DeFeo of the Missouri Catholic...

Carnahan supports abortion ruling

Governor Carnahan says he’s not surprised the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Nebraska partial-birth abortion law. He says the reasons the court gave for its actions are the same he used in vetoing the Infanticide Law in Missouri. He says the bill was too...

Campaign limits upheld

A new federal court ruling shuts off a big money pipeline for major candidates in Missouri. It appears to be the final challenge to Missouri’s 1994 campaign contribution limits laws. The U.S. Supreme Court had previously upheld limits on individual...