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Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment’s repeal

The campaign reported bringing in more than $14 million between July and the end of September alone.

Republican lawmakers argued that no public funding should go to the organization, which offers abortions in other states.

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.

Because Kansas is one of the few states in the region where abortion remains legal, the clinic soon found itself inundated with calls.

Planned Parenthood quietly opened another abortion clinic in Kansas in the lead-up to a decisive statewide vote in favor of protecting abortion access

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.

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

Parson this month appointed Spencer Bartlett to replace Dandamudi.

Missouri's only abortion provider says it is performing fewer abortions because state restrictions are prompting many women to drive to a nearby clinic in Illinois.