The Comstock Act was adopted to prohibit the interstate shipment of obscene materials. The law also outlawed the shipment of anything meant to prevent conception or end pregnancy.
GOP lawmakers want to alter the way state supreme court justices are selected or elected. Some conservative causes in the states, notably abortion bans, have been undermined by court rulings.
The actions following the Nov. 5 election continue a pattern that has accelerated in recent years and has been characterized ...
The election challenge asks the Missouri Supreme Court to set aside the results of Proposition A, which 57.6% of voters ...
Judge Jerri Zhang has yet to issue her ruling in a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood that seeks to strike down the state’s ...
In a story published Dec. 7, 2024, about lawmakers and officials attempting to undermine the will of voters, The Associated ...
Although a constitutional amendment to roll back the state's abortion ban passed, it does not override any specific state laws, leaving Planned Parenthood's plans to offer abortions at the mercy of ...
Planned Parenthood wanted to resume offering abortions in several Missouri clinics on Friday, immediately after the state's ...