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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.
The exceptions in the law were established in April 2023; previously, under a trigger law that went into effect after Dobbs, there were no exceptions to the state's abortion ban, though a doctor charged under the law could assert an affirmative defense that their actions were necessary to save their patient's life. [203]
When the Missouri House in 2019 debated the bill that became the state’s abortion ban, then-state Rep. Bryan Spencer quickly raised —and praised—the proposal’s lack of exceptions for ...
Missouri voters approved Amendment 3, ending an abortion ban imposed by Republican officials more than two years ago.
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. Jackson Women's Health Organization was decided in 2022. From 2022 to 2024, abortions were only legal in cases of ...
Arizona law imposes a 15-week limit for abortions. That restriction, enacted in 2022, does not include exceptions for rape and incest. Following the US Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v.
Missouri senators on Wednesday voted against amending the state's strict law against abortions to allow exceptions in cases of rape and incest. The state banned almost all abortions after the U.S ...
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]