Missouri attorney general rescinds rule restricting gender-affirming care
Republicans in the Missouri Legislature passed a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors on May 10.
By Will Fritz - May 18, 2023Republicans in the Missouri Legislature passed a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors on May 10.
By Will Fritz - May 18, 2023Kansas City’s new sanctuary status sets it apart as a Democratic-leaning city in a state with a Republican governor and GOP-controlled Legislature.
By Associated Press - May 12, 2023A county judge issued a temporary restraining order against Missouri’s Republican Attorney General preventing his emergency order from going into effect for at least another two weeks.
By Associated Press - May 02, 2023With the guidance of conservative think tanks and prominent Republicans, over 30 bills have been proposed in state legislatures across the country targeting gender, race and sexuality studies.
By Associated Press - April 18, 2023The 'emergency regulation' issued by Andrew Bailey adds several hurdles patients must get past if they’re seeking gender-affirming care, including being screened for 'social contagion.'
By Will Fritz - April 14, 2023Alabama, Arkansas, and Missouri are some of the other states where restrictions on expression related to sexual orientation or gender may affect education.
By Associated Press - March 27, 2023Four states — California, Kentucky, Michigan, Vermont — voted in favor of abortion rights in November 2022, joining voters in Kansas that did the same in August.
By Associated Press - March 12, 2023Oregon is at least the sixth state to consider mitigative measures for people accused of marijuana-related crimes since President Joe Biden issued pardons on a federal level in October.
By Associated Press - November 22, 2022After their success with Dobbs, anti-abortion activists have a new target: contraception.
By Lisa Needham - September 26, 2022An overview of six of the 12 states with strict abortion bans after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision shows the drastic effects anti-abortion policies can have.
By Lisa Needham - September 07, 2022Long’s argument is not backed up by the data.
By Josh Israel - June 01, 2022A Connecticut bill that would protect abortion access comes as GOP-dominated states enact new restrictions in anticipation of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
By Kaishi Chhabra - April 22, 2022The Missouri Republican has been falsely attacking Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson for ‘lenient sentencing’ in sex crime cases.
By Josh Israel - March 24, 2022GOP Rep. Billy Long says he found evidence suggesting Hawley’s $20 coffee mugs were actually ‘Made in China.’
By Josh Israel - February 15, 2022Missouri Rep. Vicky Hartzler is a longtime opponent of LGBTQ rights.
By Josh Israel - February 14, 2022Democrats are looking to restore access to basic health care at Planned Parenthood, which Republicans in Texas have blocked completely.
By Lisa Needham - December 10, 2021President Joe Biden scrapped the policy, but a lawsuit by Texas and Missouri has forced him to put it back into effect.
By Associated Press - December 02, 2021Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) said Democrats should not raise the debt limit when there are unspent appropriated funds.
By Josh Israel - October 13, 2021To many prominent Republicans, vaccination mandates are on par with the persecution and slaughter of millions.
By Oliver Willis - September 17, 2021‘I don’t want anyone else to have to go through what I went through, ever,’ said Rep. Cori Bush.
By Associated Press - August 07, 2021The bill’s sponsor, Missouri Republican Rep. Jason Smith, once decried federal involvement in determining local school curriculums.
By Josh Israel - August 04, 2021Rep. Billy Long (R-MO) announced his Senate campaign after reportedly meeting with former President Donald Trump.
By Oliver Willis - August 04, 2021The conservative state is still in crisis when it comes to Black maternal mortality, a new report shows.
By Lisa Needham - July 29, 2021Earlier this year, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case about Mississippi’s previability ban.
By Lisa Needham - June 23, 2021Mark McCloskey and his wife, Patricia, will pay fines and forfeit their guns as punishment for their misdemeanor crimes.
By Josh Israel - June 17, 2021Vicky Hartzler has a long history of opposing LGBTQ rights, including the Equality Act.
By Casey Quinlan - June 11, 2021The governor and state Legislature took an oath to support the Missouri Constitution, but they have decided not to do so.
By Josh Israel - May 13, 2021‘You only get this kind of mismatch when the legislature is pretty significantly out of step with the average voter.’
By Associated Press - May 03, 2021Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said Mark and Patricia McCloskey were just ‘defending their property and safety.’
By Josh Israel - March 24, 2021‘What is likely to happen if gun laws are not followed is people get killed as a result,’ said a senior counsel with the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
By Associated Press - March 07, 2021