Tessa Weinberg
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Under the newly signed Missouri bill, “lawfully” dispensing or prescribing ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine cannot be the basis for disciplinary action.
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Only 66% of adults in Missouri are fully vaccinated, the 10th lowest rate in the country. But a new analysis found that more than half of the 14,000 deaths attributed to COVID in the state since January 2021 may have been prevented if all adults had their vaccines.
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There were 1,780 instances of foster kids going missing in Missouri over a two-and-a-half year period.
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If Missouri's abortion ban takes effect, reproductive rights advocates worry the next fight could be over birth control. The Missouri Senate voted last year to ban common forms of contraceptives like the “morning after” pill and some IUDs from being paid for by the state’s Medicaid program.
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The bill directs the Missouri Department of Corrections to establish a nursery within a women’s correctional facility by July 2025, and allow incarcerated women to stay with their newborns for their first 18 months.
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If Roe v. Wade is overturned, a “trigger ban” in Missouri would bar abortions except in the cases of a medical emergency. Some GOP lawmakers want to pass an amendment specifying that there is no right to an abortion in the Missouri Constitution, either.
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Missouri AG wants to drop most school facemask lawsuits, but the Lee's Summit district won't let himMissouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has dropped all but three of his 47 lawsuits against school districts. The Lee’s Summit district, arguing he overstepped the limits of his authority, filed a counterclaim against him.
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Missouri law doesn’t prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Efforts to change that have failed for 24 years.
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Under the bill, facilities can still limit things like visitor movements and the number of visitors per patient, but cannot require patients be vaccinated against any disease to receive treatment or visitors. Experts warn it could cause a conflict between state and federal requirements.
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The bill would allow parents to bring civil lawsuits against school districts. If a court found a school knowingly violated the bill’s provisions multiple times, then funds allocated to the school through the state’s foundation formula would be withheld until the school proved it was in compliance.