Abortion

Abortion rights leaders say they’re prepared for Illinois to assume an even larger role as a national point of access.

New rules require state inspectors to report violations directly to Medicaid auditors, which could jeopardize funding.

Abortion-rights advocates say the rules are an attempt by state lawmakers to curb access to Planned Parenthood, the state’s only abortion provider.

In a House hearing Thursday, the Missouri congresswoman shared for the first time publicly her personal story of her sexual assault and subsequent abortion as a teenager.

The proposals come after attempts from some senators during a special session to deny Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood failed.

The Down syndrome provision is part of a Missouri law enacted in 2019 that prohibits abortions at eight, 14, 18 and 20 weeks of pregnancy. It has yet to take effect, after being blocked by courts.

Texas patients are heading to Illinois following a law that bans abortions six weeks into pregnancy.

St. Louis abortion rights activists gathered outside the Old Courthouse to protest a restrictive abortion law passed last week in Texas, and to urge people to demand that Missouri lawmakers not pass similar legislation.

Missouri Republicans say they plan to introduce more restrictive abortion legislation modeled on a Texas law that took effect this week. Abortion rights activists are gearing up for a tough battle in the Republican-controlled legislature.

Missouri governor signs onto legal brief in Mississippi abortion case.