Anna Spoerre
Missouri Independent ReporterAnna Spoerre covers reproductive health care. A graduate of Southern Illinois University, she most recently worked at the Kansas City Star where she focused on storytelling that put people at the center of wider issues. Before that she was a courts reporter for the Des Moines Register.
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Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins must try again to write ballot language for a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban most abortions, a Cole County judge ruled Tuesday. -
Judge Daniel Green ruled that giving only the attorney general power to appeal preliminary injunctions in cases involving state law is unconstitutional. Attorney General Catherine Hanaway plans to appeal, as does the liberal activist challenging other provisions upheld by Green. -
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is leading a lawsuit to restrict access to mifepristone, a common abortion medication. He claims that the lost "potential population" from teen parents will cost the state revenue and political representation.
