A judge in Missouri has temporarily blocked abortion regulations, allowing providers to resume the procedure after a legal battle. Last year, a judge ruled abortions legal in the state but maintained certain regulations while a lawsuit by abortion-rights advocates continued. Voters approved a measure in November adding abortion rights to the state constitution, prompting the current ruling. Planned Parenthood is working to resume providing abortions in the coming days.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Abortions are set to resume in Missouri after a judge temporarily blocked regulations on Friday that providers said had kept them from offering the procedure.
Voters approved a measure adding abortion rights to the constitution in November. That amendment did not legalize abortion in the state outright but instead required judges to reconsider laws that had almost completely banned the procedure. “Today’s decision affirms what we’ve already long known — the state’s abortion facility licensing requirements were not about patient safety, but rather another politically motivated barrier to prevent patients seeking abortion from getting the care they need,” she said in a statement.
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