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Women
Federal court hears arguments on Missouri abortion ban with no rape, incest exception
The fate of Missouri’s ban on abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy, with no exception for rape or incest, rests in…
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Politics
U.S. Supreme Court sets Dec. 1 oral arguments in major abortion case
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Dec. 1 in a case that threatens to overturn decades…
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Health
Missouri lawmakers may consider copying Texas abortion law
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature could soon be considering legislation similar to a new Texas law that bans most…
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Religion
Pre-modern Christian attitudes on marriage, reproductive rights were quite different
The U.S. Supreme Court has failed to rule on an emergency application to block SB8, a controversial Texas law that bans abortions…
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Health
Texas bans most abortions, with high court mum on appeal
The nation’s most far-reaching curb on abortions since they were legalized a half-century ago took effect Wednesday in Texas, with…
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Politics
Parson joins legal push to convince Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade
Gov. Mike Parson has added his name to the growing list of GOP elected officials asking the U.S. Supreme Court…
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Crime
Federal appeals court will review decision in Missouri abortion ban lawsuit
In a move long-time legal observers say is unusual, the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will, on its own motion, review a…
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Politics
Missouri AG asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear abortion restrictions
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to review an appeals court decision blocking a…
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Politics
Medicaid provider tax bill gets Missouri House’s OK
With fewer than 12 hours to spare before the start of a new fiscal year, the Missouri House approved on…
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Politics
Missouri Senate OKs Medicaid funding, rejects push to ban Planned Parenthood
A bipartisan coalition handed anti-abortion activists a rare defeat in the Missouri Senate Friday night, rejecting a push to ban Planned…
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Politics
Parson calls special session, setting up debate on contraceptives, Planned Parenthood
A special session to extend provider taxes essential to the state’s Medicaid program will begin at noon Wednesday, Gov. Mike Parson announced…
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Politics
Federal appeals court upholds injunction blocking eight-week abortion ban
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s decision to block a Missouri law criminalizing abortions after eight…
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Politics
Parson replaces administrative judge who heard abortion case
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, has replaced the administrative law judge who ruled against the…
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Opinion
Jaco: Missouri diverts tax dollars for the needy to anti-abortion extremists
The pro-Trump Tea Party white “populist” rage that fuels Missouri’s governing GOP super-majority has kept one principle from the old…
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News
Divided U.S. Catholic bishops will debate Communion policy
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops plans to devote part of its national meeting next month to the sensitive issue…
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Politics
Lawmakers push governor for special sessions on myriad of issues
A tax that funds $2 billion of Missouri’s Medicaid program. A push to ban the teaching of critical race theory…
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Politics
Ashcroft urges Missouri Senate to shut down debate for Medicaid funding
Republicans in the Missouri Senate should move to shut down debate if a filibuster blocks anti-abortion lawmakers from putting their stamp…
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Women
Supreme Court to take up major abortion rights challenge
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to a showdown over abortion in a case that could dramatically alter…
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Politics
Missouri lawmakers strike deal on anti-abortion language in Medicaid funding bill
Abortion opponents think they have a deal that would curtail the availability of some contraceptive options for Medicaid recipients that won’t endanger…
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Women
Some GOP-led states target abortions done through medication
About 40 percent of all abortions in the U.S. are now done through medication — rather than surgery — and…
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Opinion
Holding Medicaid hostage over birth control defies law and reason
While playing politics with health care in Missouri is certainly nothing new, holding Missouri Medicaid hostage over basic birth control…
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Health
Missouri must pay Planned Parenthood $140,000 in legal fees
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — A failed bid to shut down Missouri’s lone abortion provider will cost the state $140,000. Administration…
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News
Mix of hope, dismay as religious leaders assess Biden
Donald Trump’s departure from the White House and the start of Joe Biden’s presidency have stirred new hope among many…
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Health
Abortions drop in Missouri because of regulations
ST. LOUIS (AP) — New restrictions caused a sharp drop in the number of women who had abortions at Missouri’s…
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Featured
Abortion fight sparks revamp of Missouri petition laws
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Laws used by Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft last year to slow the collection of…
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Health
Catholics divided as bishops examine Biden’s abortion stance
Catholics split almost evenly in supporting Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the presidential election. Now they’re sharply divided over…
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Health
Changes on Supreme Court spur moves to protect abortion access
A vast swath of West Texas has been without a clinic that performs abortions for more than six years. Planned…
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Featured
Social issues are a priority for cardinal-to-be Wilton Gregory
Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory, soon to become the Roman Catholic Church’s first Black cardinal from the United States, hopes the…
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Featured
Archbishop Rozanski addresses issues facing Catholic voters
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski has urged parishioners to consider abortion as the main moral issue…
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Featured
Court weighs fate of Missouri abortion restrictions
(AP) — A federal appeals court panel is weighing the fate of a sweeping Missouri abortion law, including a provision…
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