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Anna Spoerre

Anna Spoerre

Anna Spoerre covers reproductive health care for the Missouri Independent. A graduate of Southern Illinois University, she most recently worked at the Kansas City Star where she focused on storytelling that put people at the center of wider issues. Before that she was a courts reporter for the Des Moines Register.

‘Care delayed and care denied’: Doctor recalls 30 months under Missouri abortion ban
By: - December 4, 2024

Dr. Betsy Wickstrom understands where some of the voices opposed to abortion are coming from. She used to be one of them. The Kansas City OB-GYN specializing in high-risk pregnancies is a Republican and a Christian, but her more than three decades in maternal-fetal medicine have moved her away from the “pro-life” movement and into […]