Abortion access to restart in Missouri, clinics say, following state court ruling

Abortion access is restored in Missouri, providers said, after a state court on Friday blocked restrictions that had prevented them from operating, a major win for abortion rights activists in a Republican-controlled state.

Missouri was one of several states that had a constitutional amendment establishing the right to abortion on the ballot last November. It passed with a narrow majority following the state’s near-total ban that went into effect following the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022. Planned Parenthood then sued to overturn regulations that they said made access to the procedure in the state impossible in practice.