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Missouri Restores Abortion Access After Court Blocks Discriminatory Licensure Requirements

HeadlineFeb 19, 2025

In a victory for reproductive rights, abortion access has resumed in Missouri after a judge temporarily lifted strict regulations that blocked clinics from providing the procedure — even after voters approved enshrining abortion rights into the state’s constitution last year. Missouri was the first state to enact a near-total abortion ban after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. The Kansas City Planned Parenthood clinic said Saturday it had provided the first abortion since 2022 after the judge’s ruling.

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