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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.
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 Missouri Supreme Court said a lower-court judge must reevaluate orders that had allowed clinics to resume performing abortions this year.
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 ruling, signed by Chief Justice Mary R. Russell, targets two preliminary injunctions from Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Jerri Zhang. Those injunctions blocked a series of longstanding ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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.