Controversy in Jefferson City over Obama contraception plan
The debate over President Obamas contraception mandate heated up at Missouris Capitol today.
View ArticleNewscast for February 23, 2012
Regional news coverage from the KBIA News room, including: A commission set to redraw state senate districts reaches accord. The Missouri House debates Pres. Obamas contraception mandate. Controversy...
View ArticleMissouri assembly debates Obama birth control law
Medical coverage of birth control under Pres. Barack Obamas contraception mandate is sparking debate among Missouri representatives.
View ArticleHouse passes medical conscience bill
The Missouri House has reignited intense debate over womens reproductive rights, passing legislation that would exempt doctors and other health care workers from performing medical procedures that...
View ArticleContraception debate moves to the Missouri House
Debate continues in the Missouri legislature over the Obama administrations contraception mandate, which will require health insurance to include coverage for birth control. In this weeks Health &...
View ArticleRally against president's contraceptive mandate held at Mo. Capitol
Around 200 people rallied at the Missouri Capitol today against President Obamas mandate that employers provide coverage for contraceptive services. Churches are exempt from the mandate, but religious...
View ArticleMessages to Mo. gov. top 10K on contraception bill
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon now has received more than 10,000 messages urging him to sign or veto legislation related to health insurance coverage for contraception. Nixon has scheduled a Thursday news...
View ArticleNixon vetoes controversial contraception bill
Governor Jay Nixon has vetoed a bill that would have exempted religious organizations from covering contraception under their health insurance plans, if that coverage would go against the organizations...
View ArticleNixon signs 12 bills into law, vetoes 10
Missouri Democratic Governor Jay Nixon was busy Thursday, making decisions on 22 bills the legislature put on his desk.
View ArticleNewscast for July 13, 2012
Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including: Farmers talk drought at MU field day State House candidates face off in Columbia Nixon vetoes controversial contraception bill
View ArticleState lawmakers override veto of birth control bill
Missouri lawmakers have overridden Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of a bill expanding religious exceptions for insurance coverage of birth control.
View ArticleNixon's anti-contraceptive coverage veto overridden
Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of anti-contraceptive coverage bill has been overridden by both the Missouri House and Senate.
View ArticleAnalysis: Mo. at center point of sexual politics
The Legislature's veto override of a bill expanding religious exemptions from insurance coverage for birth control is the latest example of how Missouri has become a center point in a national debate...
View ArticleState fines Aetna over autism, abortion coverage violations
The Missouri Department of Insurance has issued its largest penalty to date, to health insurance company, Aetna.
View ArticleJudge blocks MO birth control insurance law
A federal judge has blocked a new Missouri law requiring insurers to offer policies excluding birth control coverage because it conflicts with a federal law mandating such coverage.
View ArticleMo. House speaker urges birth control appeal
Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones wants the attorney general to appeal a judge's ruling striking down the state's contraception insurance exemption for people with moral objections.
View ArticleMo. Catholic bishops want birth control appeal
Missouri's Catholic bishops have joined the chorus urging the appeal of a federal court ruling striking down the state's contraception insurance exemption for people with religious or moral objections.
View ArticleSenate bill lets pharmacies refuse to stock drugs
The Missouri Senate has passed legislation that would ensure that pharmacies could refuse to stock certain prescription drugs, such as emergency contraception. The legislation passed the Senate by a...
View ArticleStudy: Giving Teens Free Birth Control Means Fewer Unplanned Pregnancies And...
Giving teenagers access to free, long-term contraception can dramatically reduce rates of unintended pregnancy and abortion. That's according to n ew research out of Washington University in St. Louis....
View ArticleGroups Press Walgreens on Religious Restrictions in Clinics
Four groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union are asking Walgreens for reassurance that the drugstore's partnership with a Catholic system to run in-store clinics in the St. Louis area won't...
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