Some Missouri hospitals briefly halt emergency contraception
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June 29, 2022
A large Missouri hospital chain briefly stopped providing emergency contraception amid confusion over whether the state's abortion ban could put doctors at risk of criminal charges for providing the medication, even for sexual assault victims.
St. Luke's Health Kansas City said in a statement Wednesday that it would resume offering the medication known as the morning after pill, a day after it told The Kansas City Star that its Missouri hospitals would halt emergency contraception.
It did so after the state's attorney general issued a statement stating unequivicolly that emergency contraceptio...
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