Religious leaders sue to block Missouri's abortion ban

Religious leaders sue to block Missouri's abortion ban

By Jim Salter, The Associated Press A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights filed a lawsuit Jan. 19 challenging Missouri’s abortion ban, saying lawmakers openly invoked their religious beliefs while drafting the measure and thereby imposed those beliefs on others who don’t share them. The lawsuit filed in St. Louis is the latest of many to challenge restrictive abortion laws enacted by conservative states after the Supreme Cour…

Religious leaders file lawsuit challenging Missouri’s abortion ban

The suit argues that the states' abortion ban unconstitutionally imposes one narrow religious doctrine on all Missouri residents.

Religious leaders' group files lawsuit to block abortion ban in Missouri

A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights filed a lawsuit challenging Missouri's abortion ban, saying lawmakers openly invoked their religious beliefs while drafting the measure and thereby imposed those beliefs on others who don't share them. The lawsuit filed in St. Louis is the latest of many attempts to challenge restrictive abortion laws enacted by conservative states after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. Tha

Missouri religious leaders sue to block abortion ban

Traci Blackmon speaks during a news conference on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, at Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis. A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights has filed a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s law that bans abortions in nearly all cases, saying lawmakers openly invoked their religious beliefs while drafting the measure and thereby imposed those beliefs on others who don’t share them. (AP Photo/Jim Salter) Mi…

Religious leaders sue to block Missouri’s abortion ban

A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging Missouri’s abortion ban.

Religious leaders sue to block Missouri's abortion ban

The lawsuit filed in St. Louis is the latest of many to challenge restrictive abortion laws enacted by conservative states after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.