Abortion

Planned Parenthood To Missouri Lawmakers: End The "Campaign Against Women's Health"

The Missouri legislative session ended last week and one of the many successes the state GOP is celebrating is the passage of a bill to add restrictions to the "abortion pill." It's one of several Republican initiatives that Planned Parenthood is now slamming in the aftermath of the session. It's no ... More >>

Abortion: Would GOP Bill Make It Harder For Missouri Women To Access Services?

It's the final weeks of the legislative session -- and Missouri lawmakers are ensuring there will be at least one more abortion fight. Planned Parenthood says that a bill that advanced this week could make it more difficult for women in the state to access the "abortion pill." The measure would es ... More >>

Abortion: Could GOP Bill Prevent Rape Victims From Accessing Emergency Contraception?

A bill that got its first round of approval yesterday in the Missouri House says that anyone providing medical services can't be required to perform procedures that "violate his or her conscience or principles." At the center of this bill is a debate around abortion. But would the proposal block acc ... More >>

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Abortion: Democrat Keith English Wants All Women To Hear Heartbeat, See Ultrasound

This is not the first anti-abortion bill to be proposed in Missouri this year -- but Representative Keith English's House Bill 298 stands out for a number of reasons. First of all, English is a Democrat. "I honestly believe that good fathers that want to raise...their children should have a choi ... More >>

Abortion Ban Bill: John McCaherty Wants To Limit Sex Selection And Genetic Terminations

Representative John McCaherty, a Republican lawmaker, can't actually ban abortions in Missouri, because of that whole Roe v. Wade thing -- but that is not stopping him from trying his hardest to add limitations through a new bill that is sure to inspire controversy. "We can't legally...stop her fro ... More >>

Abortion Debate: NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri Criticizes Tax Credits for Controversial Centers

So-called crisis pregnancy centers give out all kinds of false information in Missouri -- fueled at times by religious doctrine and designed to intimidate women from seeking abortions. At least that is the argument of NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri, which is speaking out against the potential public fu ... More >>

Todd Akin Finds His Own "Reverend Wright" In Radical Militia Leader

This week isn't the first time Todd Akin has had to answer questions about his relationship with Tim Dreste, one of the country's most infamous anti-abortion activists of the 1990s. But with election day just two weeks away, a national media that's always achin' for some Akin, and news that Akin was ... More >>

BREAKING: Birth Control Leads to Fewer Abortions. Also, Sky is Blue

Here's some absolutely shocking news for all you abstinence supporters and abortion fighters out there: Women who use birth control have fewer unplanned pregnancies and fewer abortions than women who don't. Common sense might have told you that, but now it's been scientifically proven by researchers ... More >>

"Abortion Survivor" Ad Debuts in Missouri, Makes Confusing Claims About Obama's Record

Obama voted to kill babies, according to a vaguely creepy pro-life ad that hit Missouri televisions this week. Well... not quite...

Guns Blazin' n' Insults Flyin', GOP Candidates Wrap Up "Victory Tour" in STL County

We didn't find Abby Wambach amid the stacks of GOP yard signs, but 300 or so STL-area Republicans were on hand to celebrate their slate and revel in partisan glory... however premature.

Todd Akin: Ban Morning-After Pill "Totally For Everyone"

Updated with statement from Planned Parenthood representatives. The media has gone nuts this week over Congressman Todd Akin's far-right positions, as he prepares to take on Senator Claire McCaskill in November. Buzzfeed says he supported a right-wing militia in the 1990's. The Hill notes that he v ... More >>

Gov. Nixon Vetoes SB 749

In a decision anxiously awaited by both pro-life and reproductive rights groups, Governor Jay Nixon vetoed Senate Bill 749 today. The bill would have made it possible for any "employer, health plan provider, health plan sponsor, health care provider, or any other person or entity" to refuse to prov ... More >>

Late Term Abortion Ban Becomes Law

Governor Jay Nixon allowed a bill banning late term abortions to become law.​He didn't sign it, and he didn't veto it either.Confronted with a bill from the legislature that would add further restrictions to late-term abortions, Governor Jay Nixon did nothing -- allowing the bill to take effect to ... More >>

Missouri Legislature Approves Late-Term Abortion Bill

​Yesterday, the Missouri state legislature gave its final approval to a bill that criminalizes abortions after twenty weeks if it's shown that the fetus is developed enough to survive outside the uterus.If signed into law, the bill would provide stiff penalties for doctors who perform the newly-pr ... More >>

Missouri Gets Top Grades in Denying Women Healthcare

Are we headed back to this?​Thanks to Roe v. Wade, the law of the land in this country is that abortion is legal. However, plenty of states are enacting laws that chip away at a woman's right to have the procedure. And in a piece yesterday on AlterNet.org, Amanda Marcotte ranked the ten worst stat ... More >>

More Restrictions on Reproductive Health Move Forward in the House

Not if the pharmacist doesn't want you to have them.​Today in Jefferson City, Missouri representatives added language to a bill that places more hurdles in front of women seeking legal abortions, in addition to fettering their access to emergency contraception.The bill, HCS HB 28, first came befor ... More >>

Planned Parenthood President Visits for Rally to Oppose Funding Cuts

​Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to deny Planned Parenthood federal dollars in the form of Title X funds. Title X, signed into law in 1972, grants clinics money to perform cancer screenings and routine sexual health procedures on low-income women.Pro-choice forces are galvanizi ... More >>

Arthur Lieber: Unlikely Candidate Becomes Unlikely Author

Arthur Lieber: an unlikely candidate, and now an author​It was roughly a year ago that Arthur Lieber started getting concerned. A self-described progressive Democrat, he was no fan of Todd Akin, the conservative Republican who represents Missouri's 2nd Congressional District. And as best Lieber co ... More >>

Missouri House to Consider More Abortion Restrictions

​A bill that would criminalize abortions after twenty weeks has been endorsed by the Health Care Policy Committee of the Missouri House of Representatives. The committee's approval, by a 9 to 1 vote, sends H.B. 213 to the rest of the house for its vote.The bill, sponsored by House Majority Leader ... More >>

Amendment to Defund Planned Parenthood Passes in the House

Imperiled.​After a heated, three-hour debate last night, the U.S. House of Representatives this afternoon passed an amendment to defund Planned Parenthood by a vote of 240 to 185. The Senate, which retains a slim Democratic majority, is expected to vote on the measure in the coming weeks.The Pence ... More >>

U.S. House Voting to Defund Planned Parenthood

Rep. Mike Pence doesn't want you to have these.​As soon as today or tomorrow, members of the U.S. House of Representatives could approve bills to strip Planned Parenthood and other reproductive care centers of federal funding. Such a move would leave millions of low-income women nationwide without ... More >>

RNC For Life Abortion Scorecard Released

Raped? Too bad, says Schlafly.​National Congressional candidates -- including plenty in Missouri -- who think women who've been raped should be forced to carry their pregnancies to term have earned money and plaudits from heavy-hitting local conservatives. The Alton, Illinois, based Republican Nat ... More >>

Births, control: Readers debate how much say men should have in abortions

Confessions of a 'Femi-nazi Deathscort'

Small Victories Ministries"Femi-nazi deathscort" or Riverfront Times reporter? You decide.​Be sure to read this week's RFT cover story, "She's Not There," about how activists on both sides of the abortion debate are paying more attention to men affected by abortion. On Saturday, August 14, I ... More >>

Abortion activists have a new target: men

Not Just Political Pawns: Men Become Abortion Activists

Jennifer SilverbergJeff Farris is a NARAL employee and volunteers as a clinic escort at the Hope Clinic in Granite City, Illinois.​Please make sure to read this week's RFT feature, "She's Not There," which discusses how activists on both sides of the debate are increasingly paying attention to men ... More >>

New Missouri Abortion Laws Among the Nation's Most Restrictive

​In the 2010 legislative session, Missouri, along with several other states, passed new laws placing major barriers between women and their Constitutional right to obtain abortions. The Center for Reproductive Rights, a New York-based pro-choice legal advocacy group, Tuesday released a report on t ... More >>

Bill Requires Doctors to Alert Prosecutors When Teens Seek Abortion

​A controversial abortion bill cleared the Missouri House yesterday by a vote of 113-37. The legislation (HB 1327) sponsored by Cynthia Davis (R - O'Fallon) contains a number of restrictions aimed at making it more difficult to get an abortion in Missouri. Those include: Requiring that women ... More >>

Mo. Legislator Wants 24-Hour Wait for Abortions; Mothers Informed of Pain to Fetus

​Missouri's Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday heard a bill that would place new restriction on abortions. The bill, sponsored by state senator Rob Mayer (R - Dexter), would require a woman to obtain material 24-hours prior to an abortion that details the risks of the medical procedure and the p ... More >>

Al Joyner and Sean James Star in Planned Parenthood's Response to Tebow Ad

Image viaPam Tebow and the son she chose not to abort, Heisman Trophy-winner Tim.​By  now you've read about the kerfuffle over Tim Tebow's Super Bowl ad, the one where he and his mom Pam talk about how, when she was pregnant with Tim, she refused to have an abortion for health reasons. You've ... More >>

Readers put out a call for more warrior-like bishops and considerate treatment of little people, Soulard residents

Krispy Kreme and Abortion, Together at Last

Great catch by our sister paper Miami New Times: An Inauguration Day offer from Krispy Kreme has prompted an absolutely insane response from a pro-life organization.Here's the deal: On Tuesday, every Krispy Kreme customer is entitled to one free doughnut. Or, as the official Krispy Kreme press rele ... More >>

'Fight McCain, Have Sex': Free Condoms Go Quickly at Debate

Hot Contender: If looks count, Sarah Steelman may be your next governor

Juno, Reconsidered

Pro Ball, Pro-Life

Two Redbirds and a bunch of other big-leaguers throw the sports-activism debate a curveball

Weather Vane

Gephardt tries to reinvent himself -- again

Rubbers Meet the Road

With a unique menu ménage à trois, Maurizio's covers all late-night bases

Letters

Week of August 29, 2001

Misplaced Morality

There's nothing holy about the war on family planning

Letters

Week of November 8, 2000

PAPAL BULL NOT ENOUGH

Senate candidate and Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan may have commuted a death sentence, but St. Louis-area Catholics won't be letting him off the hook on the abortion issue

WHEN PRO-LIFE MEANS MORE ABORTIONS

Killing Doctors with Kindness

"Pro-lifers" go warm-and-fuzzy

PRO-LIFE, NOT PRO-DRESTE

The Missouri Republican Party's central committee calls for the resignation of radical anti-abortion activist Tim Dreste

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

The Conviction of Tim Dreste

Tim Dreste's journey from Christian missionary to anti-abortion racketeer cost him a $6 million federal fine for his role in threatening to "kill, assault or do bodily harm" to abortion providers. But he isn't about to stop his crusade.

The Pro-Life Movement Strikes Again