The Missouri Supreme Court has temporarily blocked access to abortion in the state, despite a new amendment to the State Constitution, passed by voters, that ensures such access. The court’s ruling on Tuesday lifted an injunction by a circuit judge who had found that some state laws regulating abortion access could undermine the new amendment.

Reproductive rights advocates had worked tirelessly in a place where, even before Roe ’s demise, abortion had long been under attack. Voters in a red state had rallied to defend their access. Here, it seemed,

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a pair of lower court rulings that had blocked the state's strict abortion ban, once again putting the ban in place at least for now. The state's high court ordered a circuit court judge to vacate her injunctions against the abortion ban,