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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Some Missouri hospitals briefly halt emergency contraception

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

A large Missouri hospital chain briefly stopped providing emergency contraception amid confusion over whether the state's abortion ban could put doctors at risk of criminal charges for providing the medication, even for sexual assault victims.

St. Luke’s Health Kansas City said in a statement Wednesday that it would resume offering the medication known as the morning after pill, a day after it told The Kansas City Star that its Missouri hospitals would halt emergency contraception.

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