By Susan Klein, LifeNews - Today, May 9, 2024, Governor Parson signed HB 2634, putting in statute language that restricts tax-payer funds from going to abortion providers and their affiliates... Prior to 2020, Missouri restricted family planning funds to abortion providers through the budget process. In 2020, Planned Parenthood and others filed suit against that defunding process and the Missouri Supreme Court agreed that it was unconstitutional but also stated that the defunding could be done by placing the pro-life protective language in statute. ...