Planned Parenthood is halting abortions in Missouri again after a ruling from the state Supreme Court. The decision on Tuesday is part of a tumultuous legal saga.

The ruling upended reproductive rights in Missouri just months after voters approved an amendment to protect abortion access.

In Tuesday's two-page ruling, the court ordered Judge Jerri Zhang to vacate her earlier orders and reevaluate the case using the standards the court laid out.

The Missouri Supreme Court imposed a "de facto abortion ban" last week, though it may be temporary. Further legal scraps and another vote still await.

The Missouri Supreme Court’s ruling hinges on its conclusion that District Judge Jerri Zhang used the wrong standard to make her decisions. When she determined in December that the state’s near-total ...

However, in a December ruling, Zhang handed Planned Parenthood a partial victory, agreeing that Missouri’s near-total abortion ban was unenforceable under the new constitutional amendment.

Judge Jerri Zhang ruled last year that the abortion ban violated the state’s constitution, but then left some restrictions preventing some abortions from resuming.

The Missouri Supreme Court said a lower-court judge must reevaluate orders that had allowed clinics to resume performing abortions this year.

But the Supreme Court also ordered Circuit Court Judge Jerri Zhang to re-evaluate her rulings "in light of this standard," raising the possibility that Zhang could reissue the injunctions on a ...

The ruling said that Jackson County Judge Jerri Zhang applied the wrong standard in rulings she made in December 2024 and February 2025. These rulings allowed abortions to resume in the state.

In Tuesday’s two-page ruling, the court ordered Judge Jerri Zhang to vacate her earlier orders and reevaluate the case using the standards the court laid out.

In Tuesday’s two-page ruling, the court ordered Judge Jerri Zhang to vacate her earlier orders and reevaluate the case using the standards the court laid out.