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Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Missouri sues Planned Parenthood for ‘systematically’ misleading women on abortion pills

Jul 24, 2025

By Daniel Payne

Missouri is suing the national Planned Parenthood organization, alleging it has “misled” women about the risks associated with chemical abortion... Read more

Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City Missouri.

Missourians will vote on repeal of pro-abortion amendment in 2026

May 20, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

The ballot measure, HJR73, would ask voters if they want to allow abortion only in the case of a medical... Read more

Judy Henderson spent 36 years in prison for a crime she did not commit. Now she works with Catholic Charities helping women, children, and families in need.

Wrongfully imprisoned 36 years, Missouri woman still advocates for incarcerated mothers

Apr 27, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Currently an administrative assistant for Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Judy Henderson continues to assist incarerated mothers and families... Read more

Marchers hold pro-life signs at the Missouri March for Life in St. Louis on Saturday, April 12, 2025.

‘March on the Arch’: Hundreds join St. Louis March for Life 

Apr 17, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. Read more

The Vatican on April 8, 2025, announced Pope Francis’ choice of Bishop Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Missouri, as the next archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas. 

Bishop Shawn McKnight tapped to follow Naumann as archbishop of Kansas City, Kansas

Apr 8, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

Archbishop Joseph Naumann is retiring after turning 75 in June 2024 and after 20 years at the helm of the... Read more

The outside of the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St. Louis is seen on March 8, 2022.

Planned Parenthood resumes abortions after judge rules regulations unconstitutional

Feb 21, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The circuit court judge wrote that the regulations were unnecessary and the licensing requirement for abortion clinics was discriminatory. Read more

Pro-life protestors hold signs outside the Missouri Supreme Court on Sept. 10, 2024, advocating against Amendment 3, which would have dramatically expand abortion access in Missouri.

Missouri Republicans propose ballot question to undo abortion rights amendment

Feb 7, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Here is a roundup of recent abortion- and pro-life-related news. Read more

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Missouri diocese opens sacred music consultation process after hymn ‘bans’ rescinded

Feb 6, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight said the goal of the process is a new, permanent decree on sacred music, with the... Read more

An Ontario judge has acquitted Linda Gibbons, a 76-year-old Christian grandmother and pro-life activist who was charged with protesting within an “buffer zone” outside an abortion clinic.

Judge acquits 76-year-old Canadian pro-life activist 

Dec 17, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Linda Gibbons was on trial for holding up a sign outside a Toronto abortion facility that performs abortions up to... Read more

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed a legal brief in which he argued that Missouri’s regulations on abortion providers are consistent with Amendment 3 and are justified on grounds of patient safety and informed consent.

Missouri attorney general defends pro-life abortion laws amid legal fight over new amendment

Dec 4, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Missouri’s Amendment 3 mandates that the government “shall not deny or infringe upon a person’s fundamental right to reproductive freedom.” Read more

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Judge upholds Missouri’s ban on transgender surgeries and drugs for minors

Nov 27, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

The Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act also prohibits adults who identify as transgender from accessing transgender health care under... Read more

Missouri’s bishops are urging the state to forgo executing a Christopher Collings, who was convicted of the 2007 abduction, rape, torture and murder of a 9-year-old girl. Collings is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3, 2024.

Missouri bishops urge state to refrain from executing convicted child-killer next month

Nov 22, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Police said Christopher Collings confessed to killing Rowan Ford after raping her on Nov. 3, 2007. The murder took place... Read more

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Diocese bans ‘All Are Welcome,’ other hymns from Catholic Masses

Oct 31, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

In an Oct. 24 decree, Bishop W. Shawn McKnight listed a dozen commonly used but “doctrinally problematic” Catholic songs that... Read more

The lethal injection room at California's San Quentin State Prison.

Missouri executes Muslim prisoner Marcellus Williams despite Catholic protest

Sep 25, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Citing opposition to the death penalty and doubts about Williams’ guilt, a local and national outcry did not stop the... Read more

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Two lawsuits accuse Missouri dioceses of ‘shameless cover-up’ of sexual abuse

Sep 20, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The two suits claim that diocesan officials “knowingly enabled, covered up, and concealed for multiple decades” sexual abuse perpetrated on... Read more

Pro-life protestors hold signs outside the Missouri Supreme Court on Sept. 10, 2024 advocating against Amendment 3, which would dramatically expand abortion access in Missouri if passed in November.

Missouri Supreme Court keeps pro-abortion amendment on November ballot

Sep 10, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a proposed constitutional amendment to expand abortion in the state will remain... Read more

The Missouri Supreme Court building in Jefferson City.

Missouri abortion ballot measure could be thrown out following court ruling

Sep 9, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Missouri’s proposed Amendment 3 would mandate that the government “shall not deny or infringe upon a person’s fundamental right to... Read more

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Missouri’s pro-life leaders prepare to defeat ‘extreme’ pro-abortion ballot measure 

Aug 14, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

If Amendment 3 passes in November, it would represent a significant turnaround after years of pro-life gains in the Midwestern... Read more

A bridge over the Mississippi River near St. Louis.

Judge throws out Missouri lawsuit that challenged abortion ban on religious grounds

Jun 18, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

A coalition of more than a dozen Missouri religious leaders, including Jews, Christians, and Unitarian Universalists, filed the lawsuit in... Read more

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signs a bill in 2020.

Missouri governor denies clemency to death row inmate despite Catholic protests

Apr 9, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

The Catholic bishops of Missouri had strongly urged the faithful to contact Gov. Mike Parson and ask him to stay... Read more