Federal judge blocks Missouri’s 8-week abortion ban
U.S. District Judge Howard Sachs put a pause on the law as a legal challenge against it plays out in court.
Missouri denies license for state’s only abortion clinic
The St. Louis Planned Parenthood affiliate can continue to perform the procedure for now as a court case proceeds.
St. Louis abortion clinic to defy state over preliminary pelvic exam
Calling the exam requirement "disrespectful and dehumanizing," a Planned Parenthood spokeswoman confirmed that the St. Louis clinic no longer performs it during a consultation at least 72 hours before an abortion. Doctors do perform a pelvic exam at the time…
Black Missouri drivers 91% more likely to be stopped, state attorney general finds
Last year's statewide disparity rate between white and black drivers is the highest recorded in the almost two decades since the state first began compiling data.
Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer will hear testimony in a hearing on Planned Parenthood's request for a preliminary injunction that would keep open its abortion clinic in St. Louis.
A St. Louis judge on Tuesday is set to weigh whether physicians from the state's only abortion clinic can be forced to testify amid a legal fight over the facility's license.
Midwestern rivers have flooded periodically since March, causing billions of dollars of damage to farmland, homes and businesses.
In our news wrap Friday, Attorney General William Barr says he doesn't think senior FBI officials committed treason when investigating the Trump campaign, despite President Trump’s repeated claims. Still, Barr said the investigation may have been “antithetical to the democratic…
St. Louis Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer issued a temporary restraining order preventing Missouri from taking away the clinic's license. He said Planned Parenthood "has demonstrated that immediate and irreparable injury will result" if its abortion license is allowed to expire.
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