Missouri judge again blocks many of the state's anti-abortion laws

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Source: AP

Updated 9:02 PM EDT, July 3, 2025


JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge blocked many of the state’s abortion restrictions Thursday, reimposing a preliminary injunction against them just a little over a month after the state’s highest court had lifted a previous hold. The order by Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang said the abortion restrictions likely violate a state constitutional right to abortion that was approved by voters last year.

Planned Parenthood said the order clears the way for it to again provide procedural abortions in Missouri. But Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said his office “will expeditiously appeal this ruling.”

The court order marks the latest twist in a multiyear battle that has seen Missouri swing back and forth between banning and allowing most abortions.

When the U.S. Supreme Court ended a nationwide right to abortion by overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, it triggered a Missouri law to take effect banning abortions “except in cases of medical emergency.” But abortion-rights activists gathered initiative petition signatures to reverse that law.

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1. Healthcare for women

Has been framed as illegal with this word: abortion

It is a trigger for the controllers to use.

The people of Missouri made a constitutional amendment for women to have the right to take care of their own health.

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2. Thank you Circuit Judge Zhang.