Missouri’s Republican-led Senate has now passed a bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. Senators approved the legislation 24-10 early Thursday with just hours left before a Friday deadline to pass bills. It needs at least one more vote of approval in the GOP-led House before it can go to Republican Gov. Mike Parson, who voiced support for it

It was officially announced by Empowering Everyday Women Ministries, Inc. that LaKeisha Rainey-Collins of Mobile, founder of Beautiful Me Ministries—now a branch of Empowering Everyday Women Ministries— has been named Director of Operations in Alabama.