Access to abortion pills returns to Missouri

By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief

Good morning.

For years, Missouri’s abortion fight has been measured mostly in court filings, ballot language and campaign ads.

This week, it showed up at clinic doors.

After a Jackson County judge struck down many of the state’s abortion restrictions, Planned Parenthood clinics in St. Louis, Columbia and Kansas City began prescribing abortion medication in Missouri for the first time since 2018.

Anna Spoerre reports on what changed this week, what patients can now do in Missouri and what remains unresolved.

by Anna Spoerre

Missourians can obtain abortion pills at in-state clinics for the first time since 2018. But telehealth remains blocked, some restrictions survived and the state is preparing an appeal.

by Kelcie Moseley-Morris

Four years after Dobbs, abortion-rights advocates are split over viability limits. Some see them as political necessity; others argue they leave patients with rare, devastating diagnoses behind.

by Rebecca Rivas

Missouri voters ordered automatic marijuana expungements. A St. Louis appellate case suggests some eligible records may remain uncleared — and there is no settled statewide fix.

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