Missouri group sends out thousands of emergency contraception kits [Video]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – One non-profit organization is sending out thousands of kits with emergency contraception to Missourians across the state in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Missouri was the first state to ban abortion following the 2022 decision. Since then, the Missouri Family Health Council says they’ve been trying to get the word out that emergency contraception is legal and they are combating this misinformation by offering kits to anyone who needs them.

“Emergency contraception will not interrupt an existing pregnancy; it is a form of birth control,” Missouri Family Health Council service delivery director Ashely Kuykendall said.

Inside a kit are two doses of emergency contraception, safer sex supplies, sexual health education, and connections to health care providers.

“If somebody were to go and purchase emergency contraception over the counter, if they were to get two doses like we have in our kits, it would …