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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 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.
N/A; abortion is banned here. N/A; abortion is banned here. N/A; abortion is banned here. 100% N/A; abortion is banned here. N/A; abortion is banned here. [115] Missouri: Viability No No No 97% No No [257] Montana: Viability None No None 55% No No [130] Nebraska: 12 weeks Yes No Yes 41% No One [138] Nevada: 24 weeks None No None 9% No No New ...
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 ...
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]
“When folks really are in crisis, they need true information,” said state Rep. Maggie Nurrenbern, a Kansas City Democrat. “That’s what is so frustrating. That the state is actively pushing ...
The fallout from Dobbs v.Jackson Women's Health Organization and the resulting restrictive abortion policies are causing increasing barriers to abortion access in the United States, which is statistically negatively affecting, among other things, the health and well-being of birthing people and young children, with ripple effects to other populations.
Nearly two dozen US states have banned or severely restricted access to abortion. View CNN’s abortion law map to see where abortions are legal, banned, or in limbo.