Abortion

Missouri abortion rights advocates turned in more than 380,000 signatures, more than twice the required 171,000

Republican lawmakers on Thursday voted to make it harder to change the Missouri Constitution amid a campaign to restore abortion rights through a voter-backed constitutional amendment.

GOP Sen. Rick Brattin said abortion is as much of an atrocity as the institution of slavery and argued that giving birth could help women recover from rape or incest.

A 16-hour filibuster Tuesday was meant to pressure fellow Republicans into fast-tracking legislation that would make it harder for voters to amend the state constitution.

Abortion-rights advocates asked a judge on Monday to rewrite what they call misleading descriptions of several constitutional amendments on abortion that voters could see on Missouri’s 2024 ballot.

Without Bailey's approval, abortion-rights supporters have not been able to start work getting the signatures needed to put the measure before voters in 2024

Two top Republican state officials argued Wednesday over how much it would cost Missouri to restore the right to abortion.

Senators passed the legislation only after inserting wording intended to exclude women who get elective abortions.

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.