Embattled Planned Parenthood calls out "extreme ban on abortion" in Missouri Missouri Planned Parenthood director M'Evie Mead denounces an "extreme ban on abortion" in the conservative Midwestern state. Planned Parenthood, a non-profit that provides reproductive health care in the United States, filed suit this week seeking a restraining order against the state's refusal to renew its license to perform abortions at its St. Louis health center. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES