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The St. Louis University/YouGov poll found many undecided voters as ballot campaign gathers signatures. The poll also found strong support for repealing the sales tax on food and sports wagering.
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A state law that has been around since the 1970s and was last amended in 2016 lists pregnancy as a barrier for finalizing divorce. HB 2402 would clarify that language to specify that pregnancy status shall not stop the court from finalizing dissolution of marriage or legal separation.
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Thursday sued Planned Parenthood Great Plains, alleging the Kansas-based organization organizes abortions for minors without parental consent.
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Backers of the Missourians for Constitutional Freedom initiative need roughly 171,000 signatures by early May to make it onto the ballot in either August or November.
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Under the proposed legislation, no public funds would be given to any clinic that provides abortions or its affiliate. Similar legislation has stalled in the Senate.
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Constitutional law experts and anti-abortion advocates agree the amendment could upend decades of laws aimed at limiting access, but not without years of legal challenges.
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The proposed ballot item would have allowed for abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy.
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As amendments aimed at legalizing abortion in cases of rape or incest were voted down, one Republican state senator defended the decision saying, ‘God does not make mistakes.’
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Backers of the ballot item legalizing abortion up to fetal viability held a number of signature gathering events on Tuesday.
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Abortion providers in the Metro East say that since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, some anti-abortion protesters have tried to intimidate and harass people in an attempt to dissuade them from having abortions. Providers at a roundtable in Springfield on Tuesday said they want Illinois lawmakers to consider more protections for patients and clinics.