Less than 65,000 acres of prairie remain from the once 13 million in Missouri, grasslands that support an amazing array of wildlife including federally endangered prairie chickens.

With the overturn of Roe V. Wade, abortion is completely banned in Missouri with very limited exceptions, and providers are required to prove in court an abortion is legal.

Missouri is among the top 15 American states with polices that actively discriminate against LGBTQ+ people.

Missouri is among the US states that still allows the death penalty, which is banned in every other western industrialized country

Missouri has one of the highest rates of gun deaths, gun homicide rates, and household firearm ownership, and St. Louis is among the top US cities with the highest gun murder rates in the country.