Temporary orders have allowed abortion care to resume in Missouri for the first time in years. But a trial will need to take place to overturn the state's ban permanently.

Sometime after 10 a.m., Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains performed the first elective abortion in the state since voters overturned the state’s ban in November. The moment also marked the first abortion at its Kansas City clinic since 2018.

Officials at Planned Parenthood Great Rivers are awaiting approval of what’s known as a complication plan before offering medication abortions again.

Fifty years of anti-abortion laws in Missouri have been struck down as unconstitutional over the last two months, culminating Friday with a Jackson County judge blocking clinic licensing requirements.

Missouri Republicans touted the DOGE portal as a way to trim government waste. Records show Missourians have flooded lawmakers with messages supporting abortion rights and other issues.

Abortions are resuming in Missouri. Officials from a Kansas City Planned Parenthood on Tuesday confirmed the first procedure has been performed since the state almost completely outlawed abortion in 2022.

Abortions are set to resume in Missouri after a judge temporarily blocked regulations that providers say had kept them from offering the procedure

Abortions in Missouri have resumed after a Jackson County judge temporarily blocked a regulation requiring abortion clinics to be licensed with the state. Despite the ruling, Republican Senate leaders,

Missouri health care providers can now resume offering abortion care after a Jackson County circuit court judge temporarily blocked a restrictive anti-abortion law.

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