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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.
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]
Missouri has effectively banned abortion at all stages of pregnancy, “except in cases of medical emergency,” since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Wade in 2022.
In 2023, the Florida Legislature passed a "heartbeat bill" banning abortion at 6 weeks, but the law had a trigger provision, preventing it from going into effect unless the Florida Supreme Court first ruled in favor of the 15-week ban. The Court did so on April 1, 2024, [43] [44] and the 6-week ban took effect on May 1, 2024. [43]
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 ...
“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 ...
Amendment 3 will repeal the state’s near-total abortion ban and restore access until around 24 weeks of pregnancy ― a monumental win for abortion rights advocates in the deep-red state. The ...
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.