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Missouri passes bill to block funding for Planned Parenthood. It heads to governor’s desk
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Missouri House passes limits on direct democracy with ‘ballot candy’ to entice voters
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Missouri senators vote against allowing abortions in rape, incest cases: Missouri senators voted Wednesday against amendments that would have allowed abortions ...
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Missouri senators vote against allowing abortions in rape, incest cases
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GOP legislatures in some states seek ways to undermine voters' ability to determine abortion rights
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Quick Glance: Democrats Prioritize Abortion Rights in '24 Campaigns
  • Candidates prioritize abortion rights to win control of the U.S. House.

  • Women feel deeply affected by the issue as their rights have been restricted.

  • Abortion rights are a driving force to oust Republican representatives from their seats.

  • New restrictive abortion laws have already taken effect in various states.
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Editorial: Missouri’s Freedom Caucus means freedom from rational governance: Editorial: In the Freedom Caucus’ upside-down world, functional government is always ...
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Editorial: Missouri’s Freedom Caucus means freedom from rational ...
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Campaign to overturn Missouri abortion ban launched as amendment backers seek signatures
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Quick Glance: March for Life Continues in Snowy D.C.
  • Thousands gather annually in D.C. for anti-abortion march, even after the end of Roe v. Wade.

  • Participants of all ages from across the country brave freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall to spread their message.

  • Organizers and participants are focused on the future of their movement, aiming to march until abortion is unthinkable.

  • Following the Supreme Court ruling on abortion rights, activists continue to mobilize for a long struggle, with some hoping for federal government action to restrict abortions.
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Missouri Republican withdraws bill allowing murder charges for people who get abortions
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Quick Glance: Missouri Lawmaker Withdraws Controversial Abortion Bill
  • Missouri Republican withdraws controversial bill allowing punishment for abortions.

  • Lawmaker scraps bill after criticism from President Biden and Vice President Harris.

  • Legislator withdraws bill as another Republican files a similar one.

  • Bills would grant fetuses same rights as humans, enabling criminal charges for abortions.
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Abortion opponents try new route to defund Planned Parenthood in Missouri: Planned Parenthood provides health care services like cancer screenings ...
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Abortion opponents try new route to defund Planned Parenthood in Missouri
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Quick Glance: Legal Action for Abortion Rights in Kentucky
  • A woman in Kentucky is demanding the right to have an abortion through a legal action.

  • The ban on abortions in Kentucky violates the rights of the plaintiff.

  • Jane Doe, about eight weeks pregnant, wants to have an abortion in Kentucky.

  • She is seeking class-action status to include other Kentuckians who desire to have an abortion.
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Editorial: Hold onto your rights — Missouri legislators are returning to session: Editorial: The state's ruling party is poised to focus on epic issues like ...
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Editorial: Hold onto your rights — Missouri legislators are returning to ...
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Editorial: From Missouri to Texas, the wages of forced-birth fanaticism: Editorial: Anyone dismissing the possibility of a woman someday being executed for ...
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Editorial: From Missouri to Texas, the wages of forced-birth fanaticism
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Judge rejects abortion summary, rewrites it for Missouri initiative petition: Circuit Judge Jon Beetem said the summaries crafted by Secretary of State Jay ...
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Judge rejects abortion summary, rewrites it for Missouri initiative ...
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Missouri appeals court hears arguments over abortion ballot language: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and Attorney General Andrew Bailey, both Republicans ...
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Missouri appeals court hears arguments over abortion ballot language
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Missouri Republican lawmakers sue over estimated cost of abortion rights ballot measure 
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Missouri Republican lawmakers sue over estimated cost of abortion rights ...
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Missouri AG trying to undermine abortion rights ballot measure, ACLU alleges in lawsuit
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Missouri AG trying to undermine abortion rights ballot measure ...
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Missouri voters likely to reinstate abortion rights if given the chance, Republicans say
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Missouri voters likely to reinstate abortion rights if given the chance ...
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Biden rule seeks to protect women who travel for abortions. Missouri AG Bailey opposes it
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Biden rule seeks to protect women who travel for abortions ...
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One Missouri abortion rights effort ends campaign, clearing path for more expansive proposal
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One Missouri abortion rights effort ends campaign, clearing path for more ...
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Did MO AG inflate cost estimate for abortion rights proposal? High court hears arguments
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Did MO AG inflate cost estimate for abortion rights proposal? High court ...
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Missouri Democrat, advocate of gun reform and abortion rights, hints at run for governor
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Missouri Democrat, advocate of gun reform and abortion rights ...
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283 Missouri medical professionals: Restricting abortion care is wrong and un-American | Opinion
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283 Missouri medical professionals: Restricting abortion care is wrong and ...
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Ahead of possible abortion fight, MO Senate passes plan to make it harder to change constitution
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Ahead of possible abortion fight, MO Senate passes plan to make it harder ...
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Republican Kehoe open to amending Missouri abortion ban to add exceptions if elected governor
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Republican Kehoe open to amending Missouri abortion ban to add exceptions ...
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Top Missouri Republicans spar in court over ballot measure to restore abortion rights 
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Top Missouri Republicans spar in court over ballot measure to restore ...
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Emergency ending of Missouri woman’s pregnancy was never abortion. It was basic care | Opinion
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Religious leaders sue to block Missouri's abortion ban: The lawsuit filed in St. Louis is the latest of many to challenge restrictive abortion laws enacted by ...
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Religious leaders sue to block Missouri's abortion ban
Quick Glance: Supreme Court Says It Hasn't Found Who Leaked Roe v. Wade Opinion
  • The Supreme Court has stated that it has not identified the individual who leaked the draft abortion opinion.

  • In examining the court's "computer devices, networks, printers and available call and text logs," investigators discovered no forensic evidence of who may have leaked the opinion.

  • According to the report, investigators discovered that, in addition to the nine justices, 82 law clerks and permanent employees of the court had access to electronic or hard copies of the draft opinion.

  • Investigators collected all court-issued laptops and cellphones from people who had access to the draft opinion during the investigation, but found no relevant information.
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Missouri woman files federal complaint against hospitals she says denied emergency abortion
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Missouri woman files federal complaint against hospitals she says denied ...
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Missouri Democrats could take abortion issue to voters. What would it look like?: Abortion rights groups are weighing whether to start a petition for a statewide ...
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Missouri Democrats could take abortion issue to voters. What would it look ...
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Thirteen faith leaders ask judge to strike down Missouri’s abortion ban: Religious leaders from six religions sued the state of Missouri on Thursday ...
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Thirteen faith leaders ask judge to strike down Missouri’s abortion ban
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Faith leaders file lawsuit to overthrow Missouri abortion laws: A group of faith leaders are alleging that lawmakers openly invoked their personal religious ...
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Faith leaders file lawsuit to overthrow Missouri abortion laws
Quick Glance: With Roe v. Wade dead, thousands march in Washington for Life
  • To change the culture and put an end to abortion, Flowers, a graduate student at George Mason University from Alabama, believes anti-abortion activists must take meaningful action to assist mothers in need.

  • Developing relationships across the anti-abortion movement as well as with progressives who promote other values that Reichert considers "pro-life" is difficult, she says.

  • "Historically, the March was sort of like the moment when everyone from the antiabortion movement came together."

  • "The language, the signage during the March went from social movement monikers to political ones," Schenck explained.
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Kansas City lawmaker files bill to ban state agencies from tracking reproductive data
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Kansas City lawmaker files bill to ban state agencies from tracking ...