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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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Missouri judge permanently blocks abortion restrictions, state plans appeal to state supreme court
A Jackson County judge phttps://kmbc-edit.htvapps.net/en/content/edit/fd3208d1-f952-4cab-9703-4a10cea6206c#ermanently blocked several Missouri abortion restrictions, including the state's 72-hour waiting period, while keeping the requirement for an in-person doctor visit before medication abortions.
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Planned Parenthood to resume Missouri medication abortions after judge strikes down restrictions
A Jackson County judge permanently struck down a slew of abortion restrictions, including a statute requiring what’s known as a “complication plan” for medication abortions.
·St. Louis, United States
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