Abortion Safety Takes Center Stage as Missouri Trial Enters Second Week

Abortion safety takes center stage as Missouri trial enters second week

The Planned Parenthood Great Plains office in Overland Park, Kansas, is pictured in June 2024 (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent).KANSAS CITY — Roughly 1% of the more than 53,000 Missourians who received abortions over the last 10 years in Illinois and Kansas experienced complications, ranging from infection to incomplete abortions to hemorrhaging.  Lawyers for Planned Parenthood and the Missouri Attorney General’s Office are dissecting dozens o…

Trials show successful ballot initiatives are only the beginning of restoring abortion access

Dr. Margaret Baum (second from left), chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood Great Rivers, stands with attorneys from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America on the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri, on Jan. 12, 2026, the first day of a two-week trial over abortion restrictions. (Photo by Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent)The outcome of two trials in the coming weeks could shape what it will look like whe…

Missouri trial could affect abortion access across the Midwest and South

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