US EditionMissouri’s Abortion Rights Trial Concludes, but a Decision Is Still Months Away
The ACLU and Planned Parenthood seek to overturn about 30 abortion-related laws after voters legalized abortion with 52% approval, with a ruling expected months after April 10.
- On Monday, both sides rested after a 10-day trial over abortion access in Missouri following November 2024's Amendment 3 approval and lawsuits by ACLU of Missouri and Planned Parenthood.
- The ACLU of Missouri and Planned Parenthood sued recently, asking a judge to throw out about 30 laws, with plaintiffs saying many are TRAP laws that lack medical purpose.
- Technical rules like hallway widths, recovery-room chair counts, a 72-hour waiting period and special licensing are challenged as TRAP laws targeting abortion clinics/providers in Missouri.
- Judge Jerri Zhang set an April 10 deadline for additional filings and said a final ruling is not expected for months; the Missouri Attorney General's office did not comment after the trial.
- ACLU of Missouri legal director Gillian Wilcox argued striking down targeted restrictions on abortion providers would regulate abortion healthcare centers like other medical offices, while supporters say care would remain safe; Missouri Attorney General's office warned clinics can't police themselves.
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Missouri’s abortion rights trial concludes, but decision is still months away
KANSAS CITY — After 10 days of often emotion-filled testimony, a trial dissecting Missouri’s abortion regulations under the new constitutional right to reproductive health care concluded Monday. In closing arguments, attorneys from both the Missouri Attorney General’s Office and Planned…
Missouri’s abortion rights trial concludes, but a decision is still months away • Oklahoma Voice
A recovery room at the Planned Parenthood Great Plains office is pictured on June 21, 2024, in Overland Park, Kansas (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent).KANSAS CITY — After 10 days of often emotion-filled testimony, a trial dissecting Missouri’s abortion regulations under the new constitutional right to reproductive health care concluded Monday. In closing arguments, attorneys from both the Missouri Attorney General’s Office and Planned Parenth…
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Missouri’s abortion rights trial concludes, but a decision is still months away
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