The holidays are coming, and as the Governor of the State of Missouri, I am not going to mandate who goes in the front door of your home.
Government has no business going through the front door of your homes to decide how many members of your family are there, how many are not.
🧵 In response to MO Attorney General Bailey’s latest attack on gender-affirming care, we are having pop-up clinics for new gender-affirming care patients in Springfield (MO), STL, & Fairview Heights, IL, starting Monday, 4/17. Learn more: .
#NoMOTransBans
We’re proud to announce we’re opening a brand new facility in Fairview Heights, IL! The 18,000 square-foot health center will offer family planning & abortion care up until 24 weeks of pregnancy.
Planned Parenthood is announcing the opening of a new mega-facility close to states where abortion access is restricted. The new clinic was built in secret in Illinois, near the Missouri border.
@byKateSmith
visited the facility as it was being built:
🧵 All free vasectomy and medication abortions are filled for our mobile health clinic in Chicago. Check back soon — we will share the interest form link again if we have cancellations.
That's right: Roe v. Wade was NEVER enough. It's time to reimagine & rebuild reproductive freedom — for every body. At our Annual Leadership Circle Luncheon, we were honored to hear from Gen Z abortion rights activist
@0liviajulianna
. Thank you, Olivia!
#PPLuncheon23
Here we come, Chicago! 🚐 Our mobile health clinic will be in the West Loop with
@ChiAbortionFund
&
@TheWienerCircle
Aug 19-20, providing FREE vasectomies & medication abortion. EC will also be available for free without an appointment.
Reserve your spot:
Yes, you can still get all forms of birth control, including emergency contraceptive & IUDs, in Missouri & Illinois. Our 8 health centers across the St. Louis area and Southwest Missouri are here for you. Make an appointment at or call us at 314-531-7526.
MO Attorney General Bailey is abusing his power to attack trans Missourians. We sued to stop his sham investigation into our gender-affirming health care program, which serves patients 16 & older.
On Thursday, 4/13, AG Bailey issued an emergency rule that would effectively ban gender-affirming care in MO for adults & young people. We encourage any Missourian interested in starting gender-affirming care to make an appointment before the regulation takes effect on 4/27.
#TransRights
&
#ReproRights
are intertwined — both are foundational to our fundamental rights to control our own bodies, build the families we choose, & live as our authentic selves. These attacks are baseless, ignorant, harmful & transphobic —– full stop.
Our chief medical officer,
@DocMcnick
responds to MO AG’s executive regulation that could effectively ban trans care for young people:
1/4 “Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s transphobia is an embarrassment to the Show-Me State…
“I gotta fight for my niece. I gotta fight for my daughter. I gotta fight for you … You gotta fight for the person that’s next to you. You gotta fight for the people that are coming up in 30 years. We gotta fight!”
-
@RepCori
#BansOffOurBodies
#AbortionIsEssentialcor
Stormy Daniels on not using a condom with
#Trump
: "It was kind of in the moment. And I was really kind of upset about it because I am so, like, careful. The company I work for is condom-only."
It’s no coincidence that this is happening at the same time as
#MoLeg
is targeting trans youth. Jeff City politicians are conspiring to dismantle trans rights.
4️⃣There is no scientific link between gender dysphoria & developmental disabilities like autism.
We won’t back down from providing trans Missourians with the lifesaving health care they need.
BREAKING: Missouri Court Rules in Favor of Planned Parenthood Medicaid Patients!
‘Defunding’ is Unconstitutional
Key victory for
@PPSLR
,
@PPGreatPlains
and its patients; state must now reimburse for care provided
#MoLeg
#StandWithPP
Here are the facts that AG Bailey is blatantly disregarding:
1️⃣More than two dozen leading medical orgs recognize
#GenderAffirmingCare
as essential & lifesaving.
2️⃣Gender-affirming hormone therapy includes some meds that are used off-label, which is a common practice in medicine.
3️⃣Like all health care, decisions around gender-affirming care always include informed consent. For young people, decisions are made in partnership with their family & their trusted providers.
We choose to provide the best quality, compassionate patient-centered care possible. The medically unnecessary pelvic exams did not, and do not, meet this standard.
BREAKING: The last women's health clinic offering abortion services in Missouri will no longer conduct 'unethical,' medically unnecessary vaginal exams as an automatic prerequisite to abortion.
“Services were available to her. And today, she stands before you as a Missouri Congresswoman.” -
@CoriBush
sharing her abortion story publicly for the first time. Thank you, Congresswoman.
#Stopthebans
🧵🚨BREAKING🚨 Just now, the St. Louis County Circuit Court granted a temporary restraining order blocking Attorney General Bailey’s attempt to ban gender-affirming care in Missouri. In response, we released the following statement: “Today’s decision is a temporary win ..."
The AG is using a sham investigation to further his unpopular anti-trans attacks. The investigation is outside his scope of power, so we’re suing. He's trying to block patients from care just like his predecessor w/ abortion. We'll always be here for patients, no matter what.
Planned Parenthood will always be there for our patients. We will fight to ensure that patients — & everyone in this country — can still access health care, no matter what. Our patients’ lives are too important.
#StopTheBans
Need gender-affirming care? 🏳️⚧️ We’re here for you — no matter what. We are fully booked today, but you can make an appointment for Fairview Heights, IL, Springfield, MO, or CWE for a future date. Learn more and book an appointment: .
#NoMOTransBans
🧵Here we go again (sigh): Today, for the third year in a row,
#MoLeg
passed a budget bill that continues to block patients who rely on Medicaid from accessing preventive care at Planned Parenthood health centers. Read our press release:
🧵 🚨Important update🚨 We WILL continue lawfully providing medication abortions with mifepristone in Illinois regardless of the outcome in Texas — thanks to IL pro-abortion champions
@GovPritzker
&
@ILAttyGeneral
.
#BansOffOurBodies
Today, the Administrative Hearing Commission GRANTED RHS A STAY against a license denial that would have blocked abortion services at the last health center in the state to provides abortion. For now, safe, legal abortion remains accessible in Missouri!
Our Chief Medical Officer Dr. Colleen McNicholas joins “In Fact with Chelsea Clinton” to talk about the ongoing fight for reproductive rights, and how we can apply lessons learned to other public health issues — like confronting a pandemic. Listen here 🎧:
The border between Missouri (where abortion is difficult to access) and Illinois (where abortion rights are codified) marks one of the great divisions in America today – and will become more so if Roe v. Wade is overturned
Today, we filed a lawsuit against MO Attorney General Andrew Bailey for his sham investigation into Planned Parenthood’s gender-affirming health care program. Bailey filed a Civil Investigative Demand, requesting more than 50 documents relating to our transgender care program.
4/4 “We denounce this government interference in the practice of medicine, and we demand politicians leave health care between providers and their patients. Shame on any politician who uses trans youth for political theatrics.”
🧵 BREAKING: The
#FutureOfAbortionAccess
is here! Today we’re celebrating the grand opening of the Regional Logistics Center in Fairview Heights, IL, a collaborative effort to remove barriers to health care.
🧵 In response to the Missouri Attorney General’s emergency regulation, which attempts to effectively ban gender-affirming care in Missouri, we released the following statement announcing an expansion of care:
You can always get care at Planned Parenthood of Illinois at seven health centers across Chicago and four health centers in the suburbs. Book an appointment at or by calling 1-800-230-PLAN.
2/4 “The politically driven claims made in the announcement are medically false and harmful. Scientific evidence shows — and the medical community agrees — that gender-affirming care is safe, effective, and life-saving. Bailey’s lack of medical expertise shows…
We've said it before, and we'll say it again: Anti-trans politicians have no place making health care decisions for Missourians. We support young people like Mason, who was able to access gender affirming hormone therapy at our Springfield health center.
We've served Missouri for 87 years & we'll fight to provide care for another century. We ARE OPEN & our top priority is to ensure every patient can access high-quality care. We're prepared to work w/ patients closely to ensure they receive the care they need.
3/4 “His (Bailey’s) personal moral panic is inappropriately and unlawfully setting harmful policies that will hurt young transgender Missourians and their families…
The same politicians who want to ban abortion, are now trying to ban birth control for people with low incomes. The Medicaid fight over birth control signals another disturbing shift in politics hostile to sexual and reproductive health care.
#MoLeg
#CleanFRA
#HandsOffMyBC
(2/3) Let’s be clear: Overturning Roe is about abortion access. Currently, your access to birth control, emergency contraception (Plan B), & IVF in Missouri and Illinois remains unchanged.
#BansOffOurBodies
We’re live from our 2023 Annual Leadership Circle Luncheon. Follow along as we give you an inside look at today’s event, featuring Gen Z abortion rights activist
@0liviajulianna
!
#PPLuncheon23
Good morning! Reproductive Health Services, Missouri's last licensed abortion provider and is currently OPEN and SEEING patients.
The Central West End health center is a separate location that provides family planning services. It is also open and seeing patients.
(1/2) We grieve the loss of Cora Faith Walker with the entire St. Louis community who shared in her commitment to reproductive freedom. She showed us what courage looks like, how justice can transform our lives, and the collective joy of fighting for liberation.
“More and more people are talking about what a future looks like that’s better than what Roe could ever live up to, a future of abortion access, building toward something that’s better.” - Dr. Colleen McNicholas, Chief Medical Officer, RHS of PPSLR
Today
@TIME
selected our Education & Support Specialist Willow Rosen as one of their Innovative Teachers. We are proud of Willow’s work to bring evidence-based sex ed inclusive of gender-expansive identities to local kids & teens.
Join us tonight across Missouri to take action for abortion 📣 Sign up here:
➡️ St. Louis: 6 p.m. @ Planned Parenthood Central West End
➡️ Springfield: 6 p.m. @ Park Central Square
➡️ Cape Girardeau: 5:30 p.m. @ Capaha Park
#BansOffOurBodies
Let’s be clear: Birth control is not abortion.
#MOLeg
is irresponsibly conflating the two in order to ban birth control for people with low-incomes.
via
@stltoday
HB4664 expanded the pool of abortion providers in IL & today Kelsey was our first Nurse Practitioner to provide procedural abortion in IL! Providers like Kelsey are increasing capacity to help the influx of patients forced to flee their home states for care.
#twill
While the state is hyper-focused on restricting abortion, they're ignoring the maternal mortality crisis happening in Missouri.
@andymarso
w/
@KCStar
highlight how the Show Me State is tucked between Tajikistan and Romania when it comes to maternal health:
We promised Missourians we wouldn’t give up. So, we’re expanding our footprint to Rolla, Missouri, to ensure more communities can access preventive care — it will be our first rural health center in the state..
(1/2) It’s back again, and bigger than ever — we’re offering 100 FREE vasectomies in partnership with Simple Vas! If you’re uninsured or underinsured (your insurance doesn’t cover vasectomies), you can get a free no-scalpel vasectomy at Planned Parenthood!
#PPFreeVasectomy
@AK_weeb
Thanks for your question! We will continue working with our existing patients in compliance with the regulation. Any patient wanting to continue their gender-affirming care in a state that welcomes people of all identities, our Fairview Heights, IL, health center is open to you.
In Missouri we know all too well the devastating impact that banning abortion has on patients, their families, and our communities. Politicians have no place policing choices around our bodies & our futures.
#BansOffOurBodies
BREAKING: Nearly 3 months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, Congressional Republicans introduced a national abortion ban.
It is clear that this is, and has always been, about controlling our bodies.
Chief Medical Officer
@DocMcnick
: “As a physician who gets to care for many Black women, I trust what Black women want and what they need for their own health care.”
#BansOffOurBodies
Congrats to PPSLR's Dr. Colleen McNicholas and fellow international abortion advocates Justyna Wydrzyńska &
@MorenaHerrera_
on their recognition as finalists for the prestigious
@Europarl_EN
's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought! 🎉 Read more:
We've added gender-affirming care appts @ all 9 of our health centers ahead of 4/27, when MO Attorney General Andrew Bailey's emergency rule attempting to ban gender-affirming in MO takes effect. Call us @ 314-531-7526 or book online at the link in the comments below.
"Unlike a state of emergency that is called after natural disasters, this is a man-made disaster that is putting people’s lives and health in danger." -
@DrLeanaWen
One hundred days ago the Supreme Court took away the fundamental right to abortion. But we are not backing down. Our commitment to our patients is as strong today as it was 100 days ago.
🧵We understand this is a confusing and scary time for transgender youth and their loved ones. You can rely on us for accurate info and updates so that you can make informed decisions about your health care. If and when Gov. Parson signs SB 49, here’s what patients can expect:
You won’t want to miss this! Join IL Governor
@GovPritzker
& our very own
@DocMcnick
on Instagram Live at 11 a.m. CST as they discuss our exciting announcement & what it means for the
#FutureofAbortionAccess
. Head over to our IG here:
Today’s
#StandWithBlackWomen
spotlight is St. Louis’ own Pamela Merritt. She is the Executive Director of
@MSFC
, an organization working to ensure medical students around the world have access to training in abortion and family planning.
#BHM
#BlackHistoryMonth
Tell your friends! 📣 🏳️⚧️ Join us this Monday, 4/17, for gender-affirming care pop-up clinics for new patients at Central West End, Fairview Heights, IL, and Springfield, MO! Learn more:
#NoMOTransBans
#TransformingCare
Caring for our patients means refusing to back down. Our new mobile abortion clinic – the first of its kind in the Midwest and the first for Planned Parenthood in the country – will expand access for patients traveling from banned states and help to normalize abortion care.
(3/3) Politicians will still try to ban birth control through legislation.
#MoLeg
attempts to defund PP & ploys to block Medicaid patients’ access to birth control through the FRA harm people w/ low incomes. Tell
@POTUS
to protect access to birth control:
Yes, the
#SCOTUS
abortion case is scary. But remember:
#abortion
remains legal in all 50 states. Reproductive Health Services of PPSLR is still here to serve any patient who needs an abortion.
Improving public health starts with deep collaboration. Thank you,
@MatiH_ID
for partnering with Planned Parenthood in
#STL
, & for your leadership at
@CityofSTLDOH
🧵🚨BREAKING🚨 The Missouri Legislature passed a ban on gender-affirming care for Missouri youth. Statement from Yamelsie Rodríguez, president & CEO, PPSLRSWMO: “Just like we saw with abortion access, state politicians are inserting themselves in our exam rooms, this time ...
✔️Access to Planned Parenthood protected.
✔️Access to birth control protected.
Thank you
#moleg
champions for defending health care during this special session.
#CleanFRA
#StandwithPP
VICTORY! You helped us beat back a bill that would've "defunded" Planned Parenthood health centers. Access to health remains protected. Here is our statement on the failed HB2:
Thank you
@TheWienerCircle
! 🌭 It’s not too late to reserve your FREE medication abortion appointment at our mobile health clinic in Chicago’s West Loop 8/19 & 8/20: . We currently have a waitlist for free vasectomies. Repost to spread the word!
Chair
@RepMaloney
,
@RepDianaDeGette
,
@RepBarbaraLee
,
@RepPressley
, and dozens of democratic members are calling for equitable, science-based medication abortion care policies in the United States.
📢 Let’s put an end to FDA’s unnecessary restrictions on medication abortion.