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Missouri Republicans say they plan to introduce more restrictive abortion legislation modeled on a Texas law that took effect this week. Abortion rights activists are gearing up for a tough battle in the Republican-controlled legislature.

A June ruling from a three-judge panel blocked enforcement of Missouri's 2019 law making abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy a crime.

The Federal Reimbursement Allowance Tax on health care providers will continue funding the state’s portion of Medicaid. The House also passed a bill Wednesday defunding Planned Parenthood, but its future is unclear.

The tax crucial to Medicaid’s funding heads to the House after hours of behind-closed-doors discussion

After a standoff with fellow Republicans, Governor Parson finally called for the special session to resolve issues over extending the federal reimbursement allowances.

Missouri's legislature convenes for a special session, and Baseball Reference adds Negro Leagues statistics to its database.

The Missouri legislature needs to finalize an agreement to accept major Medicaid funding from the federal government, but Republican lawmakers aren’t on the same page. The fight is over birth control.

Abortion procedures are only administered at one location in the state of Missouri, and divorces saw a spike during the pandemic as lockdown orders strained relationships.

Women in the state will still be able to go to the only remaining clinic offering abortion services in Missouri.

A three-judge panel on Wednesday upheld a federal judge’s decision last year that blocked Missouri from enforcing a 2019 law that banned most abortions at eight weeks and in cases where a fetus has Down syndrome.

Based in Overland Park, Kansas, the Planned Parenthood affiliate has offered severance packages to dozens of employees — some of whom tell KCUR of inner turmoil at the organization.

Missouri’s admitting-privilege requirement has survived several court challenges, most recently when a federal judge in Kansas City refused to block the law.