Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones, a Republican, is calling on state Attorney General Chris Koster, a Democrat, to appeal last week’s court ruling that blocks provisions of a new state law that allows employers to decline to provide insurance coverage for contraception, abortion or sterilization.
A year after the Senate rejected his “Blunt amendment,” U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt said Friday he expects the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case involving the federal mandate requiring employers to provide no-cost coverage for contraceptives, even if it goes against their religious or moral beliefs.
A third Missouri firm has obtained a federal judge’s restraining order barring enforcement of the Affordable Care Act’s provision requiring that non-church employers provide contraceptive coverage to insured workers.
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., is praising a decision by the federal 8th Circuit Court of Appeals that is temporarily blocking a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires employer-provided insurance to cover contraception. A St. Louis businessman filed the suit. Blunt had unsuccessfully fought the issue earlier this year.
The Missouri Department of Insurance has announced its largest fine in state history -- $1.5 million – against an insurer who failed to comply with state law regarding coverage, or lack of, for autism treatment, contraception and elective abortions.
The Missouri branch of the AFL-CIO is asking Gov. Jay Nixon to veto legislation to allow businesses to decline to provide coverage for abortion, contraception or sterilization.
The Missouri House voted 105-32 this afternoon to approve a compromise bill on insurance coverage for contraception, abortion and sterilization that had been crafted Thursday with leaders in the House. The Senate approved it, 29-5. Gone are many controversial provisions passed by the House on Wednesday.
The Missouri General Assembly appears to be on its way to approving a measure to allow businesses to decline to provide coverage for “abortion, contraception, or sterilization.” Pharmacies could also decline to sell contraceptives.
Affordable Care Act · Contraceptives · Autism · Reproductive rights · reproductive rights · Abortion · Sterlization
Tim Jones · Roy Blunt · Blaine Luetkemeyer · Ann Wagner · Chris Koster · Stacey Newman · John Lamping · Jay Nixon · Frank O'Brien · Charles N. Sharpe
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · Missouri General Assembly · Missouri AFL-CIO · Missouri Department Of Insurance
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Meeting in St. Louis next week, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious will have its first opportunity as an assembled group to consider what to do after the Vatican issued a mandate for change this spring. It calls on the conference to reorganize and more strictly observe church teachings.
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Donna Korando is the Beacon's arts and features editor. You can contact her at dkorando@stlbeacon.org.
Developers on the south side come in all shapes and sizes, with ambitions that vary from single buildings to entire city blocks. In the first of a two-part story, Jason Deem talks about building community.
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Innovation and entrepreneurial activity are on the rise in St. Louis, especially in bioscience, technology and alternative energy. The Beacon's InnovationSTL section focuses on the people who are part of this wave, what they're doing and how this is shaping our future. To many St. Louisans, this wave is not yet visible. InnovationSTL aims to change that. We welcome you to share your knowledge, learn more about this vibrant trend and discuss its impact.
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Sally Altman is the Beacon's Health and Science editor. You can contact her at saltman@stlbeacon.org.
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Donna Korando is the Beacon's Voices editor. You can contact her and submit opinion pieces for possible publication at dkorando@stlbeacon.org.