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April 1, 2025 |
By: Associated Press
Abortion access in Missouri is in a confusing state
Planned Parenthood last week resumed surgical abortions in St. Louis, months after voters in November enshrined abortion rights in the Missouri Constitution.
The same day, the state health department effectively blocked medication abortions throughout Missouri.
The decision leaves abortion access in Missouri in a confusing state: surgical abortions are legal, but Planned Parenthood still cannot offer medication abortions.
Planned Parenthood now offers surgical abortions in Kansas City, Columbia and St. Louis.
Planned Parenthood Great Plains in February at a Kansas City area clinic performed the first abortion in the state since the fall of Roe v. Wade. A Columbia clinic restarted abortions earlier this month. The first abortion at the St. Louis center since 2022 occurred Thursday.
