Roe v Wade

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

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.

Legislative efforts in Missouri and Mississippi are attempting to prevent voters from having a say over abortion rights.

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.

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.

Nineteen states have imposed restrictions on abortion pills, but there’s a court battle over whether they have the power to do so.

A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging Missouri's abortion ban, saying lawmakers openly invoked their religious beliefs while drafting the measure and thereby imposed those beliefs on others who don't share them.

The new rules require female legislators and staff members to wear a jacket such as a cardigan or blazer.

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