Planned Parenthood

The suit, filed in Cole County Circuit Court, rests on claims Planned Parenthood has made about the drug mifepristone.

A Jackson County judge has again ruled that Missouri's abortion restrictions cannot be enforced under Amendment 3. Attorney General Andrew Bailey says he will appeal the ruling.

A newly enacted law allows the attorney general to challenge temporary injunctions, a move inspired by a pending abortion-rights case.

The provider announced Friday staff had begun offering some abortions, but the state had rejected a plan that would allow doctors to dispense abortion medications.

As of 8 a.m. Monday morning, abortions were once again available in Columbia. The procedure has been inaccessible to those living in mid-Missouri since the last abortion was performed at the Columbia Planned Parenthood clinic in 2018.

Temporary motions have put a hold on the state’s near-total abortion ban, but a trial will need to take place to overturn the ban permanently.

A Kansas City judge on Friday ruled that licensing requirements that were keeping clinics from providing abortions were discriminatory. Planned Parenthood Great Rivers this week will begin offering its first abortion appointments in years.

Missouri voters passed Amendment 3 in November 2024, enshrining the right to an abortion. The procedure still isn't available in the state, as a judge considers Planned Parenthood's lawsuit to strike down several abortion restrictions in state law.

Margot Riphagen has been Planned Parenthood Great Rivers’ vice president of external affairs since April of last year. She was a leader in the coalition of abortion rights supporters that led to Amendment 3 passing in Missouri.

Chief Financial Officer Tonya Tucker will serve as interim CEO while the organization searches for a permanent replacement.