Anti-abortion protestors stood outside of the Clay County Election Board during early voting on Monday, November 4, urging people to vote no on Amendment 3. The constitutional amendment approved by ...

The day he was sworn in as speaker of the Missouri House, Jon Patterson declared that defining fetal viability could be a difficult task. A surgeon serving his fourth term in the legislature, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Missouri voters decide in less than three weeks whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, the ballot ...

Kate Dineen was about 33 weeks pregnant with her second child when an ultrasound revealed that her baby had suffered a catastrophic stroke in utero and would likely either die before birth or have a ...

Fetal viability refers to how soon a fetus can be born and survive outside of its mother's womb. Fetal viability is typically set at 23 weeks of gestation but varies depending on certain factors.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The fate of a ballot initiative that could return the State of Florida’s abortion laws back to where they were before Roe V Wade was overturned is now in the hands of the Florida ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Reproductive rights activists in Missouri agree they want to get a ballot measure before voters this fall to roll back one of the strictest abortion bans in the country and ...

House Speaker Jon Patterson delivers his opening day speech Wednesday to the Missouri House (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). The day he was sworn in as speaker of the Missouri House, Jon ...

When Missouri voters decide in less than three weeks whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, the ballot measure before them will include a legal definition of fetal viability ...