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Missouri almost immediately enacted a near-total ban on abortions in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Abortions were only allowed in the state for medical emergencies.
Missouri’s near-total abortion ban took effect minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, struck down Roe v. Wade in a case called Dobbs. Wade in a case called Dobbs.
It was most strongly opposed in the Ozarks in southern Missouri. Missouri was the first state to enforce its ban after Dobbs was decided. Abortion access was restored in Missouri in February 2025. [5] Specifically, clinics started providing abortions again on February 15, 2025. [6]
According to the Guttmacher Institute, in 2017, there were 4,710 abortions in Missouri. There was an eight percent decline in the abortion rate in Missouri between 2014 and 2017, from 4.4 to 4.0 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. Missouri was the first state to enforce its abortion ban after Dobbs v.
Missouri Republicans are trying to ban abortion twice over. Sound silly? It kind of is. Abortion has been illegal in the state ever since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, of ...
Abortion in Missouri is legal up to the point of fetal viability as a result of 2024 Missouri Amendment 3 taking effect on December 6, 2024, 30 days after the November 5, 2024, general election. Clinics are open, and legal challenges to allow access are ongoing.
Missouri voters approved Amendment 3, ending an abortion ban imposed by Republican officials more than two years ago.
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