Planned Parenthood Great Rivers Medical Director Margaret Baum said Tuesday the clinic had opened its books for patients to make abortion appointments starting next week.

A Jackson County judge Thursday blocked enforcement of most of Missouri’s laws limiting abortion access and where abortion services can be offered.

Several Planned Parenthood locations posted notices alerting patients Medicaid coverage would no longer be accepted.

Missouri's attorney general said Monday that he is appealing a Jackson County judge's injunction, issued last week, that allowed abortion to proceed in the state. Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a news release that his office has filed an appeal of the injunction issued last week.

A recent Supreme Court ruling means the decision to block Medicaid funding for health care at Planned Parenthood is now left to each individual state. In Missouri, care at any Planned Parenthood health center has not been covered under Medicaid since Aug.

The federal government must continue providing Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, a federal judge ordered through a restraining order Monday. WASHINGTON — The federal government cannot withhold Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood for at least the next two weeks,

The ruling marks the first known instance of a federal judge limiting enforcement of any part of the “big, beautiful” bill.

Planned Parenthood’s Midtown location is the only clinic currently offering surgical abortion services in Kansas City, Missouri, though staff said abortions will resume soon at their clinic in ...