contraception

Already facing highly restrictive abortion laws in Missouri and Kansas, Planned Parenthood Great Plains now confronts the prospect of losing its federal…

Two Kansas City-area companies that challenged the Affordable Care Act’s so-called contraception mandate won’t be required to cover birth control as part…

Kaiser Health NewsIn a 5-4 decision Monday, the Supreme Court allowed a key exemption to the health law’s contraception coverage requirements when it…

A construction company based in Kansas City, Mo., plans to limit the contraceptive coverage it offers employees in the wake of Monday's Hobby Lobby…

Kaiser Health NewsA sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that at least some for-profit corporations may not be required to provide contraceptives if…

The case, Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby, is perhaps the most important decision of the term. It centers on the Affordable Care Act's guarantee of no-cost prescription contraception.

A lawsuit filed on behalf of a Missouri state representative is aimed at changing a mandate from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that he

A federal judge has struck down a Missouri law that directly challenges the so-called contraceptive mandate under the federal health law. The result of…

Governor Jay Nixon has vetoed a bill designed to thwart President Obama’s contraceptive mandate in Missouri. The bill would have given employers the right…

In response to leaders of Miami County voting against drawing down federal funds for a program that has long provided birth control to low income…

Two rallies in Jefferson City today each called for the repeal of the 2010 Affordable Care Act and for employers to have the right to not provide coverage…

A State Senate committee has passed legislation that would allow employers in Missouri to refuse insurance coverage for birth control, abortions and…