House Speaker Jon Patterson delivers his opening day speech Wednesday to the Missouri House (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). The day he was sworn in as speaker of the Missouri House, Jon ...

The day he was sworn in as speaker of the Missouri House, Jon Patterson declared that defining fetal viability could be a difficult task. A surgeon serving his fourth term in the legislature, ...

Viability is generally considered to be about the mid-point in pregnancy, between 20 and 24 weeks, though there is no exact gestational definition. In addition to pondering putting a new amendment on ...

Missouri abortion rights supporters hold a celebratory press conference outside the state Capitol after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that Amendment 3 can remain on the ballot. Kacen Bayless ...