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. 

The latest news impacting reproductive rights around the country.

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.'

Alabama, Arkansas, and Missouri are some of the other states where restrictions on expression related to sexual orientation or gender may affect education.

Four states — California, Kentucky, Michigan, Vermont — voted in favor of abortion rights in November 2022, joining voters in Kansas that did the same in August.

Oregon is at least the sixth state to consider mitigative measures for people accused of marijuana-related crimes since President Joe Biden issued pardons on a federal level in October.

After their success with Dobbs, anti-abortion activists have a new target: contraception.

An overview of six of the 12 states with strict abortion bans after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision shows the drastic effects anti-abortion policies can have.

Long’s argument is not backed up by the data.

A Connecticut bill that would protect abortion access comes as GOP-dominated states enact new restrictions in anticipation of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

The Missouri Republican has been falsely attacking Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson for ‘lenient sentencing’ in sex crime cases.

GOP Rep. Billy Long says he found evidence suggesting Hawley’s $20 coffee mugs were actually ‘Made in China.’

Missouri Rep. Vicky Hartzler is a longtime opponent of LGBTQ rights.

Democrats are looking to restore access to basic health care at Planned Parenthood, which Republicans in Texas have blocked completely.

President Joe Biden scrapped the policy, but a lawsuit by Texas and Missouri has forced him to put it back into effect.

Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) said Democrats should not raise the debt limit when there are unspent appropriated funds.

To many prominent Republicans, vaccination mandates are on par with the persecution and slaughter of millions.