Roe v. Wade

Although Missouri was the fastest state to ban abortion after Roe v. Wade was overturned, access hasn't shifted much because the state "was already in a post-Roe world." But elsewhere in the Midwest and southern U.S., abortion patients now have to travel a lot further.

A year after Roe v. Wade fell, Illinois Democrat and GOP lawmakers fight for legislation.

A Missouri hospital violated federal law by denying Mylissa Farmer an abortion when her water broke at 17 weeks.

St. Louis activist and protest leader Sasha Zemmel talks about the effort to end the abuse of elephants by the Moolah Shrine Circus.

A Missouri woman who was denied an abortion prompted an unprecedented federal investigation into whether a hospital violated the law by failing to provide her medical care.

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, the number of abortions performed in Illinois has gone up 28%, even as numbers decreased nationwide.

In the months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, providers in southern Illinois are working overtime to absorb dozens of abortion patients each day who come from states that banned the procedure.

The attorney general is suing St. Louis over its plan to use federal funds to support abortion access. But after the case was moved to federal court, reproductive rights groups worry that a ruling could further curtail abortion access for the entire region.

The clinic is adding 10 extra hours a week to meet the increase in patients from Kentucky, Louisiana and other states that banned abortions since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Abortion-rights advocates say grassroots groups are essential to helping people who need abortions access them. Sex workers in Missouri are now mobilizing to help each other access out-of-state abortions.