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.

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.

Jackson County Judge Jerri Zhang issued an order vacating her previous rulings that allowed abortions to continue in Missouri. The action withdraws Zhang’s own prior orders and is procedural ...

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.

On Tuesday, the Missouri Supreme Court handed down a ruling that struck down injunctions put in place last year by Jackson County judge Jerri Zhang blocking abortion restrictions in the state.. The ...

The Missouri Supreme Court has halted abortion access in the state for now, upending a constitutional amendment that voters put in place last year and delivering a “devastating” setback for patients ...

The temporary rulings, issued by Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Jerri Zhang in December and February, blocked a series of longstanding restrictions on abortion providers.

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

The temporary rulings, issued by Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Jerri Zhang in December and February, blocked a series of longstanding restrictions on abortion providers.

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