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Health
Planned Parenthood wants feds to block Missouri rule targeting its Medicaid funding
Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri is calling for President Joe Biden’s administration to intervene to…
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Health
New rules on Missouri abortion regulations kick in
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Planned Parenthood leaders condemned new regulations on Missouri abortion providers that took effect Wednesday. Yamelsie Rodríguez,…
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Health
New rules on Missouri abortion clinics set to take effect
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The administration of Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, has enacted more rules on Missouri abortion clinics.…
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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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Opinion
Opinion: Medicaid’s financial history in Missouri
There is a fascinating history to Missouri’s recent special session to fix the legislature’s failure to continue one of the…
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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
Fate of Missouri Medicaid expansion in hands of state Supreme Court
After an eight-year fight over Medicaid expansion, the arguments are over. The question of whether 275,000 people will receive state-paid health care…
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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
Contraception, Planned Parenthood dominate debate as Missouri Senate returns to Capitol
If state lawmakers approve the limits on Planned Parenthood’s participation in state medical funding suggested by Gov. Mike Parson, it…
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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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News
Parson to slash budget if lawmakers don’t reach Medicaid funding deal by noon
Gov. Mike Parson gave lawmakers a deadline of noon Tuesday to strike a deal to renew medical provider taxes vital to funding…
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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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Women
JACO INTERVIEW: Reproductive Health Services CEO discusses future of Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court’s recent decision to take a Mississippi case that could overturn Roe v. Wade worries advocates of legal…
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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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Politics
Parson hopes to pick new Missouri health director quickly
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday that he hoped to name a new state health director quickly…
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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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Coronavirus
Jaco: COVID confusion due to crackpot ideology
I got my COVID-19 vaccine by accident. As a certified geezer (70, cardiac pacemaker, blah blah blah) I wanted to…
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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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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
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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Health
Missouri high court orders state to pay Planned Parenthood
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that lawmakers violated the state constitution when they tried to…
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Health
Parson won’t appeal ruling in favor of abortion clinic here
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson will not contest the license issued to the state’s only abortion clinic…
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Featured
Planned Parenthood abortion clinic here gets new license
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s health department issued on Thursday another license to the state’s only abortion clinic after a…
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Featured
Planned Parenthood wins fight, gets OK to continue abortions here
(AP) — Missouri’s only abortion clinic will be able to keep operating. A state government administrator decided Friday that the…
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Events
‘Mean Girls’ fundraiser airs worst tweets, aids abortion rights
CENTRAL WEST END – Timing might sabotage ACLU Missouri in its attempt to put the state’s eight-week abortion ban to…
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Health
Happy hour at Fresh & Co offers guidance in response to abortion legislation
THE GROVE – Concerned St. Louisans packed into Fresh & Co. Studio on Thursday evening to learn the how-tos of…
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