Planned Parenthood Opens Regional Logistics Center on the Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
In partnership with Hope Clinic for Women, Planned Parenthood opens a first-of-its-kind center to help ease logistical burdens for patients
BREAKING: Texas Abortion Ban Takes Effect, Potentially Impacting Providers in the St. Louis Region
Today, at midnight, Texas’s Senate Bill 8 (SB 8) — a six-week abortion ban — took effect. The law is the country’s first six-week abortion ban to be enforced, triggering a devastating domino effect on abortion access in the Midwest.
MO Supreme Court Upholds Medicaid Expansion
“Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri is relieved for the hundreds of thousands of people who have been waiting for the health care Missourians voted to expand. We celebrate this state Supreme Court decision with all Missourians who have been fighting to protect and expand access to health care."
BREAKING: IN A MAJOR WIN FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, COURT BLOCKS CASCADING ABORTION BANS IN MISSOURI
Abortion remains safe and legal in all 50 states, including for the 1.1 million women of reproductive age in the state of Missouri.
Statement regarding Supreme Court's decision to hear direct challenge to Roe v. Wade
“Missourians have long felt this looming reality — the right to access abortion hanging on by a thread, and in states like Missouri and Mississippi, by one lone abortion clinic. That thread could soon unravel with the Supreme Court taking up a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade."
Statement regarding the end of the 2021 Missouri Legislative session
"This isn’t the first time, nor will it be the last, that Gov. Parson risks the lives of countless Missourians in a twisted game of politics."
Statement regarding Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Director, Randall Williams’, resignation
"We’re disappointed it took this long, but we feel vindicated for every Missourian whose life was made harder because of Williams’ failure as a public health leader.”
Planned Parenthood Reacts to Economic Impact Report of Missouri’s Omnibus Abortion Ban
“Today’s report confirms what we’ve long known — abortion bans are most harmful to the same people who have kept our economy going amidst a global pandemic. These bans fall hardest on women, people of color, parents, and people with low incomes."
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