“MAYOR TISHAURA JONES…PLEDGED TO “FIGHT LIKE HELL” TO PROTECT REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM”

Jenna Jones | The Riverfront Times | Dec 8, 2021

“Mayor Tishaura Jones, in a press conference on December 7, pledged to “fight like hell” to protect reproductive freedom. The St. Louis Board of Aldermen also recently passed a resolution that established the “Reproductive Freedom Bill of Rights,” a declaration that declares St. Louis city as a “a sexual and reproductive health care safe zone,” according to their website.

Then again, with Missouri's government entirely controlled by Republicans, it's not clear if cities like St. Louis will able to defend abortion access if the governor, attorney general and legislature make it their goal to crush local abortion access laws or attempt (again) to shut-down the state's lone remaining clinic.

To support patients who need an abortion or other reproductive healthcare, King suggests donating to abortion funds like the Midwest Access Coalition.”