US EditionAbortions to resume in Missouri after a judge blocks restrictions
- Abortions are set to resume in Missouri after a judge blocked regulations that restricted providers, allowing the procedure following approval of abortion rights by voters.
- Judge Jerri Zhang ruled that Missouri's licensing requirements for abortion facilities were discriminatory and imposed medically unnecessary exams on abortion patients.
- Planned Parenthood's Margot Riphagen stated that the ruling shows the licensing requirements were politically motivated barriers to care.
- Mallory Schwarz from Abortion Action Missouri expressed that patients will have greater access to abortion care in Missouri and the Midwest region than in years past.
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