Abortion

Abortion providers are bracing for an expected U.S. Supreme Court ruling that would strike down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion. If that happens, states would be able to ban the procedure. Hope Clinic and other providers in the southern Illinois are preparing to assist tens of thousands of new patients from across the country.

Illinois will continue to be a haven for those seeking abortions as other states restrict access to the procedure after the U.S. Supreme Court's expected ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said during a visit today to the Planned Parenthood clinic in Fairview Heights.

Abortion-rights activists say their best hope to roll back a ban if Roe v. Wade is overturned could be at the federal level.

Abortion-rights organizations in the St. Louis area have received hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations since Politico published a draft Supreme Court decision last week that could overturn Roe v. Wade. Missouri is one of a dozen states with a law that would prohibit almost all abortions as soon as the 1973 decision is overturned.

Missouri legislators will head back to Jefferson City this week for the final days of the 2022 session.

Several not-quite-right claims have continued to linger about abortion since the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

In the U.S., Black women have the highest maternal mortality rates. St. Louis-area doctors and abortion rights advocates say if Roe v. Wade is overturned and Missouri bans abortion, Black women would be at risk.

Missouri’s “trigger law” goes into effect if Roe v. Wade is repealed — and could have a big impact on residents.

More Missourians want to keep abortion legal than make it illegal, a major national research organization found.

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, a “trigger ban” in Missouri would bar abortions except in the cases of a medical emergency. Some GOP lawmakers want to pass an amendment specifying that there is no right to an abortion in the Missouri Constitution, either.