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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 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 medical emergencies, with several additional laws designed to make accessing abortion services difficult.
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.
The fate of an abortion rights amendment in Missouri will be in the hands of the state supreme court Tuesday, after a judge ruled late Friday that the amendment violated state law. The ruling from ...
Both sides of the debate over whether to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri’s constitution have filed last-minute legal challenges hoping to influence how, and if, the proposal goes before voters.
Planned Parenthood affiliates that operate in Missouri sued the day after the election to invalidate the state’s abortion ban and several laws that regulate the care. That lawsuit is still pending. Allowing restrictions on abortions after viability was a sticking point for some abortion rights supporters in Missouri.
Friday's ruling came after a Kansas City judge ruled last year that abortions were now legal in the state but kept certain regulations on the books while a lawsuit by abortion-rights advocates played out. That meant abortion facilities still had to be licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
Missouri has banned abortion since moments after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. ... Opponents of the measure have argued the amendment will restrict state laws and ...