Kansas City Health System Resumes Providing Plan B to Rape Survivors After Backlash
Late Wednesday afternoon, Saint Luke's Health System, which operates several facilities in both Kansas and Missouri, announced it will resume provi...
Late Wednesday afternoon, Saint Luke's Health System, which operates several facilities in both Kansas and Missouri, announced it will resume providing pregnant survivors of rape and incest with emergency contraception, following statements from Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (R) and Governor Mike Parson (R). Hours after The Kansas City Star reported that Saint Luke's hospitals would stop giving Plan B to pregnant survivors of rape and incest to avoid violating the state's abortion bans, a Kansas City television station asked Schmitt whether the group's decision was a correct interpretation of the state's ban on abortion.