Planned Parenthood begins offering procedural abortions in the Missouri Ozarks

By: Anna Spoerre

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: August 13, 2026

Words: 585

Last Updated: 5 days, 6 hours ago

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Abortion access in Missouri continues to expand under the constitutional amendment voters approved in 2024 — less than three months before they’ll be asked to undo it.

The latest expansion is in Springfield, where Planned Parenthood began offering in-clinic procedural abortions Thursday. Just a few weeks earlier the clinic began prescribing abortion medication, returning abortion access to the Missouri Ozarks for the first time in 21 years.

The Springfield clinic will offer procedural abortions …

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