Medication abortion restored in Missouri following court ruling
Planned Parenthood will resume medication abortions next week after the ruling, while state officials prepare an appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court.
- On Thursday, Jackson County Judge Jerri Zhang permanently struck down several Missouri abortion restrictions, ruling they violate the reproductive rights amendment approved by voters in 2024.
- The decision removes the state's 72-hour waiting period for abortions and allows broader access to medication abortions, unavailable in Missouri since 2018.
- Judge Zhang upheld the requirement that patients have an in-person visit with a doctor before receiving medication, finding these appointments help determine if the procedure is appropriate.
- Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway condemned the ruling, stating her office will "expeditiously appeal" to the Missouri Supreme Court and calling the decision "exactly the Pandora's box we warned of."
- Abortion access faces further uncertainty this November, as Missourians will consider a proposal also named Amendment 3 that would repeal the 2024 protections and ban most procedures.
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Ruling in Missouri restores access to medication abortions
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Missouri judge finds state laws restricting abortion violate voter-approved constitutional amendment
A Missouri judge has struck down a series of restrictions on abortion, finding they violated a constitutional amendment adopted by voters in 2024.
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