Anna Spoerre\Missouri Independent

For the second time, a Missouri judge has accused Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft of crafting 'inaccurate' language around the reproductive rights amendment.

Wednesday's bench trial focused on a provision in the abortion-rights amendment pertaining to provider immunity.

The language is posted on Election Day at polling places next to sample ballots.

The Commonwealth Fund study highlights continued gaps in women's health coverage that Missouri lawmakers have tried and failed to address.

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion two years ago. Since then, thousands of Missourians sought other ways to access the medical procedure.

A St. Louis judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Missouri clergy members, ruling that, while the state's determination that life begins at conception, may be shared by some religious people, 'it is not itself necessarily a religious belief.'

All 14 states with abortion bans saw a decrease in OB-GYN residency applications last year, a recent study found.

A bipartisan package of child care tax credits championed by Gov. Mike Parson has run headlong into fierce opposition from conservative lawmakers.

Planned Parenthood says they will continue offsetting the costs of seeing patients on Medicaid despite a bill signed into law Thursday.