Anna Spoerre \ Missouri Independent
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Despite voicing opposition to abortion, most members of the Rolla City Council worried the ordinance would do little besides inspire costly litigation.
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A new study out of Saint Louis University looks at the effects of COVID policies on breastfeeding and the future of maternal work policies and health equity.
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Andrew Bailey’s letter to the governor-elect didn’t discuss TRAP laws that made the procedure virtually impossible to obtain even before Missouri’s ban.
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Rep. Justin Sparks said he plans to challenge Jon Patterson for speaker of the House, based in part on Patterson’s comments around abortion.
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The presumptive House speaker’s comments broke from a growing narrative among Missouri GOP leaders of a unified effort to overturn the amendment.
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Three attorneys general argue federal laws around mifepristone make it difficult for states to enforce abortion bans.
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Outraised and outspent, critics of Amendment 3 push claim it will legalize sex change surgeries for minors.
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“This is not the end all, be all,” state Sen. Elizabeth Coleman said. “And I think you will see efforts, win or lose, for Missourians to get another say in this.”
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The director of one of the campaign’s biggest donors said it’s impossible to ‘achieve anything without a campaign that is grounded in grassroots support and the support of Missouri voters.’