/tags/planned-parenthood-great-rivers Planned Parenthood Great Rivers en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2025-02-24/st-louis-planned-parenthood-clinic-waiting-on-state-health-department-to-resume-abortions Officials at Planned Parenthood Great Rivers are awaiting approval of what’s known as a complication plan before offering medication abortions again. Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2025-02-24/st-louis-planned-parenthood-clinic-waiting-on-state-health-department-to-resume-abortions Jason Rosenbaum /news-briefs/2025-02-20/trial-that-could-permanently-remove-missouris-abortion-ban-set-for-2026 Temporary motions have put a hold on the state’s near-total abortion ban, but a trial will need to take place to overturn the ban permanently. Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:50:00 GMT /news-briefs/2025-02-20/trial-that-could-permanently-remove-missouris-abortion-ban-set-for-2026 Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2025-02-17/st-louis-planned-parenthood-resume-medicine-abortions-protests A Kansas City judge on Friday ruled that licensing requirements that were keeping clinics from providing abortions were discriminatory. Planned Parenthood Great Rivers this week will begin offering its first abortion appointments in years. Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2025-02-17/st-louis-planned-parenthood-resume-medicine-abortions-protests Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2025-01-14/planned-parenthood-st-louis-chief-medical-officer-colleen-mcnicholas-resigns “The decision to leave these health centers might be one of the hardest I have yet to encounter in my career,” McNicholas wrote on social media Monday evening. Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:20:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2025-01-14/planned-parenthood-st-louis-chief-medical-officer-colleen-mcnicholas-resigns Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2024-10-08/planned-parenthood-to-shut-three-missouri-clinics-expand-telehealth-access The health care nonprofit also will shutter a location in southwest Missouri. Officials at the organization say the changes better reflect what current patients want. Tue, 08 Oct 2024 17:32:17 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-10-08/planned-parenthood-to-shut-three-missouri-clinics-expand-telehealth-access Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2024-05-21/planned-parenthood-offers-abortion-pills-via-app-to-expand-access-in-illinois It’s the latest move to expand access to abortion in Illinois as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether to block access to mifepristone. Tue, 21 May 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-05-21/planned-parenthood-offers-abortion-pills-via-app-to-expand-access-in-illinois Kristen Schorsch /health-science-environment/2024-04-10/missouri-gop-senate-planned-parenthoods-medicaid-reimbursements-bill Missouri Democrats filibustered for more than 11 hours before sending the bill back to the House for a final vote. Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:49:33 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-04-10/missouri-gop-senate-planned-parenthoods-medicaid-reimbursements-bill Anna Spoerre /health-science-environment/2024-04-02/illinois-planned-parenthood-offers-iud-contraception-sedation IUDs have been used for decades, but many patients describe waves of pain when a nurse or doctor inserts them. Providers are now are now considering offering women the option of sedation to make the insertion less unpleasant. Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-04-02/illinois-planned-parenthood-offers-iud-contraception-sedation Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2024-02-06/illinois-abortion-providers-call-for-statewide-protections-against-harassment-at-clinics Abortion providers in the Metro East say that since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, some anti-abortion protesters have tried to intimidate and harass people in an attempt to dissuade them from having abortions. Providers at a roundtable in Springfield on Tuesday said they want Illinois lawmakers to consider more protections for patients and clinics. Tue, 06 Feb 2024 22:49:38 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-02-06/illinois-abortion-providers-call-for-statewide-protections-against-harassment-at-clinics Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2024-02-02/st-louis-planned-parenthood-president-yamelsie-rodriguez-to-step-down Yamelsie Rodriguez, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood for St. Louis and Southwest Missouri, has announced she will be stepping down from her position at the end of the month. Rodriguez did not give a reason for her departure. Fri, 02 Feb 2024 15:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-02-02/st-louis-planned-parenthood-president-yamelsie-rodriguez-to-step-down Sarah Fentem