Missouri Legislature Votes to Block Access to Essential Health Care, Denying Medicaid Patients Ability to Choose Planned Parenthood as a Trusted Provider
Today, the Missouri legislature passed a bill prohibiting the state Medicaid program (known as MO HealthNet) from reimbursing Planned Parenthood for providing health care to Medicaid patients. This comes just months after Missouri’s highest court again ruled that “defunding” Planned Parenthood by refusing to reimburse care through the Medicaid program violates the state’s constitution. The bill also excludes Planned Parenthood from participating as a qualified provider in the state’s Medicaid program, a move that will harm the state’s health care safety-net.
Planned Parenthood Great Plains Receives Grant from The Oklahoma City Community Foundation to Provide Greater Access to Reproductive Health Care
Planned Parenthood Great Plains (PPGP) is honored to announce it received a $35,000 grant from the Oklahoma City Community Foundation through its Access to Health Care Community grant program. This grant will play a pivotal role in supporting approximately 200 under and uninsured patients, ensuring they have greater access to vital reproductive health care services in the Oklahoma City area. Specifically, the funding will be utilized to fill the gaps where Title X funding may not be applicable, allowing PPGP to expand its service provision and maintain a robust safety net for those in need.
Planned Parenthood Great Plains Hosts One-Day Vasectomy Clinic in Rogers with Low to No-Cost Care for Every Patient
With affordable pricing options for all, Planned Parenthood Great Plains (PPGP) will host a one-day vasectomy clinic at its Rogers Health Center on April 13, in an effort to expand access to essential reproductive health care services including a highly-effective, permanent form of contraception. The one-day clinic will offer vasectomy procedures at a flat fee of $250, with options for no-cost care for those who qualify – all made possible in part because of the support of generous donors.
Planned Parenthood Joins Title X Family Planning Program in Oklahoma, Low to No Cost Care Available at Health Centers Across the State
Today, Planned Parenthood Great Plains (PPGP) is excited to announce it has joined the federal Title X program in Oklahoma, increasing its reach as an essential part of the family planning safety net for the state. At the start of the new year, PPGP was officially granted funding by Missouri Family Health Council (MFHC), which oversees and supports much of the Title X network in the state, to deliver low to no cost, equitable, and high-quality family planning care at its health centers across Oklahoma.
On World Vasectomy Day, Planned Parenthood Great Plains Announces Expanded Free and Reduced Care and Appointment Availability
On World Vasectomy Day, which falls every third Friday in November, Planned Parenthood Great Plains (PPGP) is announcing expanded free and reduced procedures and appointment availability at its Tulsa and Oklahoma City health centers. Vasectomies are a regular service offered at both clinics, but through generous donations, PPGP is now able to provide more care to patients who qualify at low to no cost.
Kansas Court Blocks Arbitrary, Medically Unnecessary Abortion Restrictions that Infringe on Constitutional Rights
Today, a Kansas state court judge blocked several onerous restrictions on abortion, including laws that force providers to give government-scripted misinformation to patients, threaten patients’ health, and undermine medical ethics. The laws blocked today also made abortion care harder to access by imposing arbitrary waiting periods that delayed care.
On the First Anniversary of the Overturning of Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood Great Plains Persists in Providing Care in Amid Overwhelming Demand
On the first anniversary of the United States Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe V. Wade – eliminating fifty years of federal protection for the right to safe, legal abortion – Planned Parenthood Great Plains (PPGP) persists as a regional care provider. Over the past year, PPGP has worked to protect and expand access in Kansas to meet an overwhelming demand, while fighting for patients in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma who have been stripped of a fundamental right to control their health care.
Kansas Providers Challenge Inaccurate, Dangerous Abortion Restrictions in Court
Today, Kansas abortion providers filed a lawsuit in state court challenging several onerous, harmful restrictions. These laws make abortion care harder to access by creating delays and forcing providers to relay inaccurate, misleading information that threatens patients’ health and undermines medical ethics. One such restriction—scheduled to take effect July 1—forces providers to falsely tell their patients that a medication abortion can be “reversed,” an unproven claim not based on medicine or science. That law was enacted by state legislators soon after the Governor vetoed the measure and eight months after Kansans overwhelmingly rejected efforts to eliminate the fundamental right to abortion under the state constitution.
Oklahoma Supreme Court Strikes Down Vigilante Abortion Bans; Pre-Roe Ban Remains in Effect
Today, the Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down two citizen-enforced abortion bans mirroring Texas’ S.B. 8. The two copycat bans were passed in 2022 before Roe v. Wade was overturned. While abortion remains largely unavailable in Oklahoma and the state’s pre-Roe ban remains in effect, today’s ruling ensures that Oklahoma's vigilante bans cannot hold doctors back from providing life-saving care.
In The News
U.S. Supreme Court mifepristone case could make abortions even harder to access in Kansas City
March 27, 2024 • KCUR
A case before the U.S. Supreme Court could drastically restrict access to medication abortions, now the most common form of abortion in the United States.
That could further limit abortion options for Missouians, who must cross the state line to get a legal abortion. It could also increase the number of patients coming to Kansas, trying to escape abortion bans that have swept through the region since the high court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022.
Posted by Planned Parenthood Great Plains
US Supreme Court to hear abortion medication case. How will that affect KS and MO?
March 25, 2024 • The Kansas City Star
In recent years, Kansas has become a major access point for abortion in the Great Plains.
Clinics in the state are seeing an increasing number of patients and the majority of them are getting abortions via medication. But that method could be at risk of tighter restrictions.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug – specifically whether doctors should be allowed to prescribe the drug without seeing the patient in person and whether it can be sent over the mail.
Posted by Planned Parenthood Great Plains
Planned Parenthood offering free and reduced cost vasectomies
Nov. 19, 2023 • Tulsa World
Planned Parenthood Great Plains is offering free and reduced cost vasectomies at its clinics in Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
Posted by Planned Parenthood Great Plains
Kansas can’t enforce new law on abortion pills or make patients wait 24 hours, judge rules
Oct. 30, 2023 • Associated Press
A Kansas judge on Monday put a new state law on medication abortions on hold and blocked older restrictions that for years have spelled out what providers must tell patients and forced patients to wait 24 hours to end their pregnancies.
Posted by Planned Parenthood Great Plains
‘Disproven and unsupportable’: Kansas judge blocks junk science abortion restrictions
Oct. 30, 2023 • Kansas Reflector
A Kansas judge on Monday blocked a combination of long-standing and newly implemented abortion restrictions in the state in what abortion providers described as a “hard-fought” win against “ethically unjustifiable” misinformation.
Posted by Planned Parenthood Great Plains
Free Vasectomy Appointments in Oklahoma Filled Up in Less Than 48 Hours
Sept. 28, 2023 • Jezebel
In a state that bans abortion, the CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains said they now have "a whole lot of people wanting to get in" for the snip.
Posted by Planned Parenthood Great Plains
Free vasectomy clinic fills up fast in Oklahoma City
Sept. 26, 2023 • KFOR
Planned Parenthood Great Plains is holding a free two-day vasectomy clinic next month, and all the spots filled up in less than 48 hours.
Posted by Planned Parenthood Great Plains
Johnson County judge raises concerns about Kansas abortion law
Aug. 8, 2023 • KCTV 5
Two area abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood Great Plains, are seeking to overturn a Kansas law known as the Women’s Right to Know Act.
Posted by Planned Parenthood Great Plains
Johnson County judge appears skeptical that Kansas abortion restrictions are constitutional
Aug. 8, 2023 • The Kansas City Star
A Johnson County judge appeared skeptical Tuesday that a Kansas law imposing a 24-hour waiting period on women seeking abortions in Kansas would stand up to standards established by the state’s constitutional right to an abortion.
Posted by Planned Parenthood Great Plains
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