Reproductive Health Services

Juliana Hertel and Grace Hardison demonstrate against abortion restrictions during a Planned Parenthood rally in downtown St. Louis. May 30, 2019

How Laws And Lawsuits Are Changing Abortion Access In Missouri

Lindsay Toler

Missouri has long had some of the strictest abortion restrictions in the U.S. Now questions about Planned Parenthood’s license in St. Louis could mean…

M'Evie Mead, director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Missouri, addresses reporters outside the St. Louis Circuit Courthouse on May 30, 2019.

Health, Science & Environment

As Planned Parenthood Fights In Court To Keep Clinic Open, Activists Demand Abortion Access

Sarah Fentem

Updated 6 p.m., May 30Lawyers for Planned Parenthood on Thursday told a St. Louis Circuit Court judge that Missouri health officials have delayed renewing…

Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region is the last provider of abortion services in Missouri. It could lose its license this week.

Health, Science & Environment

Planned Parenthood Asks Court To Keep Missouri From Closing Abortion Clinic

Sarah Fentem

Lawyers for Planned Parenthood will ask a St. Louis Circuit Court judge to block Missouri health officials from using an investigation into a patient’s…

Government, Politics & Issues

Paula Gianino reflects on 25 years heading Planned Parenthood

Jo Mannies

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 4, 2013 - Paula Gianino, who has been the regional head of Planned Parenthood for almost a…

Government, Politics & Issues

Judith A. McWhorter Widdicombe obituary: Abortion rights pioneer

Gloria S. Ross

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 5, 2011 - Judy Widdicombe, an obstetrical nurse who helped guide women to safe abortions before…