In 2008, then-Governor Matt Blunt appointed Powell as a circuit judge in Jackson County and in 2017, then-Governor Eric ...

W. Brent Powell will be Missouri's next Supreme Court chief justice, according to a Missouri Courts press release.

W. Brent Powell, who now lives in Kansas City, will replace current Chief Justice Mary R. Russell. Powell was appointed to ...

That allowed clinics in Missouri, including two in greater Kansas City, to start performing abortions. But the Missouri Supreme Court disagreed with Zhang’s legal reasoning and ordered her to lift her ...

The Missouri Supreme Court reinstated several anti-abortion laws, even though abortion rights are now protected in the state constitution, and sent the issue back to a Kansas City judge. But ...

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a judge in Kansas City to lift an injunction that had blocked restrictions on abortion, a decision that upends access to the procedure six months ...

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a statement that "today's decision from the Missouri Supreme Court is a win for women and children and sends a clear message — abortion providers ...

Missouri’s trigger law banning all abortions with limited exceptions for medical emergencies went into effect the same day the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022.

Abortion is now banned in Missouri again after the state’s highest court overturned two lower court rulings blocking its abortion ban. The Missouri Supreme Court ruled a district judge used the ...

The Missouri Supreme Court has temporarily blocked access to abortion in the state, despite a new amendment to the State Constitution, passed by voters, that ensures such access.

Planned Parenthood has stopped providing abortions in Missouri after the state’s Supreme Court ruled on a technicality.The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that a district judge used the wrong legal ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court has effectively reinstated the state’s abortion ban, vacating two lower court rulings that had temporarily restored access to abortion services.