Women
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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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Bush, other Congressional members share own abortion stories at hearing
Three Democratic members of Congress offered deeply personal testimony about their own abortions as a congressional committee examined on Thursday…
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Missouri abortion law leads to court battle over referendums
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — A Missouri law seeking to ban most abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy led to a…
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State Supreme Court to rule on abortion initiative maneuver
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday about whether Secretary of State Jay…
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Medication abortion becomes latest GOP target
Medication abortion accounts for about 40% of all abortions in the U.S. The increasingly common method relies on pills rather…
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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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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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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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Black women are taking up guns for protection against rising violence
TAYLOR, Mich. (AP) — Valerie Rupert raised her right arm, slightly shaking and unsure as she aimed at the paper…
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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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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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Josephine Baker is first Black woman given Paris burial honor
PARIS (AP) — The remains of St. Louis-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument…
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CDC urges COVID vaccination during pregnancy as Delta surges
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all pregnant women Wednesday to get the COVID-19 vaccine as hospitals in…
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In new abortion fight, ‘my body, my choice’ slogan may be outdated
One of the blockbuster cases the U.S. Supreme Court will hear in its upcoming session is a challenge to Mississippi’s 15-week…
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Black women with children excluded from federal cash aid program, report finds
WASHINGTON — A new research paper reviewed how each state implemented a federal program that has provided cash assistance to low-income families…
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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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Contraception is free to women, except when it’s not
For Stephanie Force, finding a birth control method that she likes and can get without paying out-of-pocket has been a…
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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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Missouri’s new Poet Laureate is Maryfrances Wagner of Independence
ST. LOUIS – Maryfrances Wagner, a poet, teacher and community leader from Independence, Mo., has been named as Missouri’s sixth…
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Betty Thompson, Hazel Erby were matriarchs of Black politics in St. Louis
The neighborhood children would affectionately call them “Mama Erby” and “Mama Thompson.” For decades, Former St. Louis County Councilwoman Hazel…
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Labor Secretary visits St. Louis to assess workforce sustainability
ST. LOUIS – U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh was in St. Louis on Thursday to discuss health care and…
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St. Louis County Councilwoman Hazel Erby dies at 75
ST. LOUIS COUNTY – Hazel Erby, a longtime St. Louis County Councilwoman, died on Friday (July 2, 2021). She was…
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Ordinance used to arrest Women’s March participant is constitutional, court rules
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a traffic ordinance cited in the arrest of a…
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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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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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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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Black women’s next targets: governorships and Senate seats
ATLANTA (AP) — Jennifer McClellan remembers her parents’ recounting life as Black Southerners enduring segregation and the trauma and triumph…
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Parson names first Black woman to Missouri Supreme Court
Judge Robin Ransom will be the first Black woman to sit on the Missouri Supreme Court, Gov. Mike Parson announced…
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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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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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