Planned Parenthood: Missouri’s Last Abortion Clinic May Shut
If the clinic's license is not renewed, the organization said Missouri would become the first state without a functioning abortion clinic since the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision.
If the clinic's license is not renewed, the organization said Missouri would become the first state without a functioning abortion clinic since the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision.
The justices said in an unsigned opinion that the case does not involve limits on abortion rights.
U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves is the same judge who struck down a 2018 Mississippi law to ban abortion at 15 weeks.
None of the laws has taken effect, and all are expected to be blocked while legal challenges work their way through the courts.
A young woman's death from a reported botched abortion in the late 1800s still resonates with many people today.
When pressed on whether his explanation made sense, Republican Rep. Barry Hovis said that he believes there is no such thing as “consensual rape.”
Doctors would face five to 15 years in prison for violating the eight-week cutoff.
Her comments came one day after Republican Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama signed into law the nation's strictest abortion ban.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader, told reporters that the law, which doesn't allow exceptions for abortions in cases of rape and incest, "goes further than I believe."
Doctors would face five to 15 years in prison for violating the eight-week cutoff.
Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed the measure.
The passage by a wide margin in the GOP-led Alabama Senate shifts the spotlight to Gov. Kay Ivey, who's long identified as anti-abortion.