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Strict anti-abortion laws that took effect in Oklahoma this year led to the quick shuttering of every abortion facility in the state

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Planned Parenthood quietly opened a new abortion clinic in Kansas City, Kansas, this summer, a location that didn’t draw much attention until after Kansans affirmed the right to an abortion with Tuesday’s historic vote.

America’s first post-Roe referendum on abortion rights galvanised voters. It also underscored the fragility of abortion care in the region and across the US

The right to an abortion will remain in the Kansas Constitution.

The ballot measure is the first of many across the country that will decide where and how women can preserve reproductive rights

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Saint Luke’s Health System said Wednesday it would resume providing emergency contraceptives, reversing course less than 24 hours after The Kansas City Star first reported it was no longer providing Plan B.

Health providers and advocates fear the end of Roe v Wade will only exacerbate a growing crisis

For months, thousands of people in surrounding states have traveled to Oklahoma to seek abortion care — that is, if they were able to get an appointment and could afford to travel. Now that local lawmakers have passed the harshest anti-abortion law in the country, they will likely have to…

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats and the Biden administration are scrambling for ways to protect access to abortion as states begin taking action to block the procedures before the Supreme Court releases a decision expected to reverse the 50-year-old legal precedent set by Roe vs. Wade.

With a Supreme Court ruling expected this summer, state and federal lawmakers scramble to pass laws preparing for a post-Roe reality.

If signed into law by Oklahoma’s governor, it will be most restrictive anti-abortion law in US, abortion providers say.