Issues
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On the matter of reproductive rights, Missouri consistently gets a failing grade!
State Grade: F
State Ranking: 48th
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Other Key Facts:
97 percent of Missouri counties have no abortion provider.
Between 1996 and 2000, the number of providers fell from ten to six — a 40 percent loss.
Source: Who Decides?
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Find out more about important choice issues and help NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri in our fight to expand comprehensive reproductive health care services for all Missouri women. |
| Access to Abortion |
| The primary goal of those who oppose abortion is the overturn of Roe v. Wade. However, without control of the ...
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| Access to Contraception |
| Unintended pregnancy is the primary factor behind the high number of abortions that take place every year in the United ...
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| Access to Emergency Contraception |
| Every woman deserves a second chance at preventing unintended pregnancy.If taken within 120 hours of unprotected intercourse, emergency contraception can ...
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| Crisis Pregnancy Centers |
| Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) are the "provider" arm of the anti-choice movement, using federal funding to lure pregnant women into ...
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| Equal Access: Women of Color & Low-Income Women |
| While barriers to reproductive freedom affect all women, women of color and low-income women face unique obstacles that jeopardize their ...
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| RU-486/Mifepristone |
| In September of 2000, after more than a decade of delays caused by anti-choice activists and lawmakers, mifepristone (RU 486), ...
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| Science & Women’s Health |
| Opposition to the right to choose has had an adverse and chilling impact on scientific research and medical advances in ...
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| Sex Education |
| Recent surveys have shown several positive trends concerning teenage sexual activity and contraceptive use. Statistics demonstrate a stabilization in teen ...
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| Young Women’s Rights |
| Responsible parents should be involved when their young daughters face a crisis pregnancy. Indeed, every parent hopes that a child ...
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