Kansas City Health System Resumes Providing Plan B to Rape Survivors After Backlash
Following statements from Missouri lawmakers, Saint Lukes said it will once again provide Plan B to rape survivors less than 24 hours after it would stop.
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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. “Missouri law does not prohibit the use or provision of Plan B, or contraception,” a spokesperson for Schmitt responded. Additionally, Parson’s office released a more in-depth statement clarifying state lawmakers’ position on abortion care.