Abortion

Missouri's health department is investigating whether a hospital violated federal health care rules in denying a woman an emergency abortion.

Voters in Kansas resoundingly rejected a constitutional amendment that would have allowed the Legislature to ban abortion.

Now that Roe v. Wade has been toppled, abortion opponents are taking a multifaceted approach in their quest to end abortions nationwide, targeting their strategies to the dynamics of each state as they attempt to create new laws and defend bans in courts.

Missouri's Republican Gov. Mike Parson won't call a special session to address questions about the state's new abortion ban,

The state health department released a factsheet on the law Wednesday following questions & confusion since the abortion ban kicked in when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade

A large Missouri hospital chain briefly stopped providing emergency contraception amid confusion over whether the state's abortion ban could put doctors at risk.

Roe Vs Wade has been law for 50 years.

Several states have already imposed new restrictions on abortions that have led women from those states to seek the procedure in states such as Illinois.

Mark McCloskey says he does not believe young victims of rape or incest should be allowed to have abortions.

Both Planned Parenthood and Missouri Right to Life oppose legislation to limit funding for family planning services