Today, at midnight, Texas’s Senate Bill 8 (SB 8) — a six-week abortion ban — took effect. The law is the country’s first six-week abortion ban to be enforced, triggering a devastating domino effect on abortion access in the Midwest.

Sept. 1, 2021 • Illinois

Abortion remains safe and legal in all 50 states, including for the 1.1 million women of reproductive age in the state of Missouri.

June 9, 2021 • Missouri

“Missourians have long felt this looming reality — the right to access abortion hanging on by a thread, and in states like Missouri and Mississippi, by one lone abortion clinic. That thread could soon unravel with the Supreme Court taking up a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade."

May 17, 2021 • Missouri

"We’re disappointed it took this long, but we feel vindicated for every Missourian whose life was made harder because of Williams’ failure as a public health leader.”

April 20, 2021 • Missouri

“Today’s report confirms what we’ve long known — abortion bans are most harmful to the same people who have kept our economy going amidst a global pandemic. These bans fall hardest on women, people of color, parents, and people with low incomes."

March 30, 2021 • Missouri