The House on Thursday passed its first bill of the session–an MCC-supported bill aimed at protecting infants who survive a failed abortion attempt. HB 1667, sponsored by Rep. Brian Seitz (R-Branson) and Rep. Holly Jones (R-Eureka), would require a health care provider...
This week, the U.S. Department of State officially published three rules expanding the “Mexico City Policy,” which, since 1984, has restricted certain federal funds from going to foreign organizations that perform or promote abortion. The new rules impose additional...
This week, the ten-day trial over Missouri’s abortion regulations concluded in Kansas City. At issue are numerous state safety regulations that abortion providers say are now void after voters passed an abortion-rights state constitutional amendment in November 2024....
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced on Thursday a new policy ending the use of fetal tissue from abortions in federally funded research: “Effective immediately, NIH funds will no longer be used to support research involving human fetal tissue from...
Results of a recent poll show that 67% of Americans support placing legal limits on abortion, and that 57% support limiting abortions to at most the first three months of pregnancy. The survey, conducted by the Marist Poll and commissioned annually by the Knights of...
The trial to determine the fate of Missouri’s abortion regulations began this week in Kansas City. Planned Parenthood and the ACLU of Missouri are asking the court to strike down the state’s abortion regulations as unconstitutional under the abortion-rights amendment...
Planned Parenthood in Rolla has closed its brick-and-mortar location and will transition all services to telehealth. The Rolla location has operated for decades, serving patients in south-central Missouri. Planned Parenthood said the shift is intended to maintain care...
Catholics nationwide are invited to pray “9 Days for Life,” an annual Respect Life novena, starting Friday, January 16. In the Catholic Church, a ‘novena’ consists of prayers over nine successive days, and this particular novena is an opportunity for prayer and...
On Tuesday, amid congressional negotiations to extend health care subsidies that expired last year, President Donald Trump urged House Republicans to be more flexible about the Hyde Amendment, which has prohibited taxpayer funding for abortion for more than 45 years,...
On Tuesday, a federal appeals court ruled that the federal government had not exceeded its authority when it ordered Medicaid funding cuts to certain groups that perform abortions, Planned Parenthood being the main among them. The court’s decision will allow the Trump...