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After Supreme Court ruling on abortion drug, women in Missouri still face roadblocks
ST. LOUIS (First Alert 4) — The Supreme Court unanimously rejected a lawsuit that challenged the FDA’s approach to regulating Mifepristone, an abortion pill.
The court ruled that the doctors and anti-abortion groups that had challenged access to the drug did not have standing to sue.
However, in Missouri, where all abortions are banned, there are still road blocks for women.
Planned Parenthood’s Chief Medical Officer for Reproductive Health Services, Dr. Colleen McNicholas, said despite Planned Parenthood not sending Mifepristone to anyone in Missouri, it doesn’t mean people aren’t finding other ways to get it.
“There’s been a significant increase in folks who are using medication abortion,” Dr. McNicholas said. “Specifically a significant number who are using telemedicine or medication abortion outside a brick and mortar official medicalized system.”
Dr. McNicholas said because abortion is legal in Illinois, that’s the only place in the bi-state doctors can give patients the pill.
“We provide telemedicine medication abortion through a variety of ways,” Dr. McNicholas said. “In all instances, patients need to be in the boundaries of Illinois for that visit and the medication must be mailed to an Illinois address.”
Senator Josh Hawley, whose wife is an attorney and argued before the Supreme Court for limiting access to the pill, tells First Alert 4 that laws around abortion should be up to Missouri voters.
“I don’t want the federal government to say we don’t care what the people of Missouri say if you vote to restrict abortion, we’re just gonna mail in abortion drugs into your state,” Senator Hawley said. “We’re going to mail in chemical abortion drugs right into your state, right over your heads, we don’t care what you decide.”
Signatures have been collected to put the legalization of abortion on the ballot in Missouri. The state is working on verifying those signatures before voters could see it potentially on the November ballot.
Alexis Watts recently moved from Illinois to Missouri.
“I don’t agree with not having the right to choose,” Watts said.
With her move to Missouri, Watts lost her right to choose.
“If a woman doesn’t feel able to take care of a child and bring them into this world, then why should we add onto the children in foster homes,” Watts said.
With a continued push to have Missourians vote for whether or not abortion should be legal, Watts said she continues to hold onto hope.
“I think there are always going to be concerns living as a woman wherever you go in the world, but I think as more people fight for the rights of humans and the right to have our say on our bodies and our choices,” Watts said. “All we can do is advocate.”
Missouri, Idaho and Kansas are working to return the issue to the courts with plaintiffs directly impacted.
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Mizzou is a 22.5-point favorite over Alabama State. The Tigers step back onto its home floor looking to reset after road losses to Notre Dame and Kansas. Alabama State has struggled mightily against high-major opponents.
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What our Post expert thinks about Missouri vs. Alabama State
Alabama State has already dropped its two power-conference tests by an average of 32.5 points, and its defensive profile hasn’t suggested much resistance.
The Hornets bring two of the SWAC’s top scorers in Asjon Anderson and Micah Simpson, they are giving up 81.4 points per game and allowing opponents to shoot 45.3 percent from the floor.
Missouri’s rebounding edge should matter — the Tigers pull nearly 40 boards per game while Alabama State is giving up 37.4 a night and just surrendered 18 offensive rebounds to UT Martin.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – Road construction on Springfield’s northside is affecting access to the Southwest Missouri Humane Society.
MoDOT is realigning the intersection of Norton and Melville Road as part of the I-44 overpass project. The bridge work and intersection project are both impacting the animal shelter.
The shelter sits on Norton Road just west of where the work is happening. Visitors can only reach the shelter by taking the long way up West Bypass to Westgate Avenue, then onto Norton Road.
MoDOT says the intersection at Norton and Melville is supposed to be closed for two weeks. The bridge project, as a whole, is supposed to be completed by the end of the year.
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Organizers working to turn back Missouri’s congressional redistricting map spoke Tuesday about collecting signatures to put the effort to a vote by citizens.
People Not Politicians submitted more than 300,000 signatures Tuesday to the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office. The signatures hope to force a statewide vote on redistricting approved earlier this year by Missouri politicians.
KSHB 41 anchor Caitlin Knute spoke with one of the volunteers behind the effort.
Volunteer describes collecting signatures for petition on Missouri redistricting
“I think people in rural areas want to follow the Constitution, and I think it was pretty clear this was not done within the parameters of the Constitution,” volunteer Elizabeth Franklin said.
Redistricting typically occurs after a census every 10 years, but that wasn’t the case this year in Missouri. Critics on both sides of the aisle note that it splits Kansas City into three districts, lumping parts of the city in with much more rural areas.
A spokesperson for the Missouri Secretary of State’s office confirmed receipt of 691 boxes of signatures.
“The elections division will proceed with scanning, counting and sorting the sheets for verification by local election authorities,” the spokesperson said.
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