Three attorneys general argue federal laws around the mifepristone make it difficult for states to enforce abortion bans

After three days of battling over scientific papers and expert testimony, the trial of a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s restrictions on gender-affirming treatments on Thursday turned to the impact the law has on patients and providers.

The endorsement is a departure from the national union, which refused to endorse either presidential candidate

“This is not the end all, be all,” state Sen. Elizabeth Coleman said. “And I think you will see efforts, win or lose, for Missourians to get another say in this”

The director of one of the campaign’s biggest donors said it’s impossible to ‘achieve anything without a campaign that is grounded in grassroots support and the support of Missouri voters’

Kunce has been endorsed by the United Auto Workers

Medical documentation of gender reassignment surgery or court order required to align state identification to gender identity

The ballot question was among four citizen-led measures certified by the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office for the November ballot

Kunce has won the endorsement of influential labor unions and abortion rights groups.

In Arizona, the state’s highest court upheld a Civil War-era abortion ban. Florida and South Carolina moved to restrict abortion to six weeks — before many people know they are pregnant.

Dozens of Missouri doctors joined in asking the court to uphold a federal law that allows doctors to perform emergency abortions in states with bans

Judge rules that Blue Springs School District discriminated against former student by barring him from boys’ locker room

Planned Parenthood says they will continue offsetting the costs of seeing patients on Medicaid despite a bill signed into law Thursday

A bill that would improve health care access for Missouri women almost died in the House after some lawmakers conflated birth control legislation with abortion medication

Kunce’s opponent, incumbent Sen. Josh Hawley, has staunch anti-abortion views that could jeopardize his reelection bid.

Eigel has previously supported stripping funds from public schools and once opposed an expansion of early kindergarten.

A GOP-backed bill would block Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood. Health care providers fear it will harm patients’ access to critical care

As amendments aimed at legalizing abortion in cases of rape or incest were voted down, one Republican state senator defended the decision saying, ‘God does not make mistakes’

Added as an amendment in committee, a public hearing on the proposal has not taken place in the Senate this year

The campaign has the support of the major abortion advocacy groups in Missouri, but it’s also drawn criticism from activists over its fetal viability standard

Pulling off a successful ballot initiative campaign in Missouri is an undertaking so difficult that one Democratic political consultant compares it to skiing the slalom at the Olympics. 

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Residents of rural areas of GOP-led states are set to benefit from investments their representatives voted against.

Missouri’s ban on gender-affirming care faces a legal challenge, the U.S. Senate failed to pass an amendment that would have banned pride flags from federal buildings, and more.

Lawyers representing families of transgender minors, health care providers, and LGBTQ+ civil rights groups are suing to block Missouri’s law before it goes into effect on Aug. 28.

Republicans in the Missouri Legislature passed a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors on May 10.

Kansas City’s new sanctuary status sets it apart as a Democratic-leaning city in a state with a Republican governor and GOP-controlled Legislature.

A county judge issued a temporary restraining order against Missouri’s Republican Attorney General preventing his emergency order from going into effect for at least another two weeks.

With the guidance of conservative think tanks and prominent Republicans, over 30 bills have been proposed in state legislatures across the country targeting gender, race and sexuality studies.

The 'emergency regulation' issued by Andrew Bailey adds several hurdles patients must get past if they’re seeking gender-affirming care, including being screened for 'social contagion.'