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Religious leaders sue to block Missouri's abortion ban

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A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights filed a lawsuit on Thursday 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.

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Religious leaders sue to block Missouri's abortion ban

A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights has filed a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s abortion ban, saying lawmakers openly invoked their religious beliefs while drafting the measure and thereby

1 year ago·United States

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Washington Times

Group of faith leaders sue challenging Missouri abortion law

A lawsuit filed on behalf of several Missouri faith leaders on the 50th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision asks a court to throw out the state's abortion law, alleging that lawmakers openly invoked their personal religious beliefs in drafting the measure.

1 year ago·United States

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Washington Examiner

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…

1 year ago·Washington, United States

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WION

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

1 year ago·Noida, India

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HuffPost

Group Of Faith Leaders Sue To Overturn Missouri Abortion Law

On the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, Missouri religious leaders are asking a court to declare the law unconstitutional.

1 year ago·United States

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The Mercury news

Religious leaders sue to block Missouri abortion ban

Missouri already had some of the nation’s more restrictive abortion laws and had seen a significant decline in the number of abortions performed, with residents instead traveling to clinics j…

1 year ago·San Jose, United States

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