BREAKING: Missouri House joins state Senate in passing bill that would ban abortions at 8 weeks of pregnancy; Gov. Parson is likely to sign bill into law. The bill includes exceptions for medical emergencies, but not for rape and incest.
Under the bill, doctors who perform an abortion after the eight-week cutoff could face five to 15 years in prison. Women who receive abortions would not be criminally penalized.the latest in a wave of state on the last day state lawmakers were in session Friday., called Missouri Stands With the Unborn, by a vote of 24-10 on Thursday morning.
Once enacted, the law will only kick in if Roe v. Wade is overturned, and Planned Parenthood was assuring women in the state that facilities that provide abortions are still open in Missouri and neighboring Illinois. "Gov. Parson is willfully aiding in the systematic downturn of health outcomes across our state, and banning safe, legal abortion is just the latest effort," said M’Evie Mead, the director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Missouri in a statement."Shame on him for suggesting the government should have a say in when and whether someone becomes a parent."
Anti-abortion advocates across the U.S. are pushing for new restrictions on the procedure in hopes that the now more-conservative U.S. Supreme Court will overturn more thanIn the past two weeks, both Alabama and Georgia have passed strict abortion laws, although they have not yet taken effect, and may never be implemented, depending on results of court challenges.
Despite ongoing political attacks, Planned Parenthood health centers are open and seeing patients for all normal services, including abortion care, across the country.
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