The constitutional amendment approved by Missouri voters protects abortion access until the point of fetal viability, when a fetus can survive on its own outside the womb without extraordinary medical interventions.

A group of Kansas Republicans want to outright ban and criminalize abortions in the state despite state constitutional protections. Two bills in the Kansas House of Representatives — one prohibiting all abortions except those needed to save the life of a mother and another making it a crime to perform abortions — were

Kansas legislative session sees Republican lawmakers proposing two near-total abortion bans, despite overwhelming voter support for abortion rights. While unlikely to pass, these bills

Anti-abortion groups have invested so much in the Comstock strategy that they haven’t wanted to wait for Trump. That’s the takeaway from New Mexico litigation that resulted in a major decision from that state’s Supreme Court last week.

A federal judge in Texas is allowing three other states to pursue a challenge seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide. The states of Idaho, Kansas and

As the U.S. celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day and marks Trump's second inauguration, Kansas City activists worry the new president will follow through on campaign promises like mass deportations and clamping down on diversity,

Michael Leo Kehoe became the 58th governor of Missouri on Monday, vowing a crackdown on crime while urging politicians to work together amid a “divided and more cynical” world.

Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker made headlines prior to the current NFL season for a commencement speech he made at Benedictine College. Here's the full transcript from the speech.

An incoming new president and state legislative sessions ramping up are likely to bring more changes to abortion policy across the U.S., which is still settling after the seismic shift in 2022 when the U.

The Republican supermajority in the Missouri Legislature contends rolling back some, if not all, of the abortion rights protected under the new amendment still adheres to voters’ wishes.

A man defaced two crisis pregnancy centers in Texas in light of the leaked Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court draft opinion that indicated the high court was going to turn abortion decisions back to the states in 2022, federal prosecutors said.

Next City spotlights the organization of pilots making abortion possible for those facing economic barriers to reproductive freedom.