The ACLJ and the Missouri Attorney General’s Office stood in court on behalf of Missouri women and their unborn children in a case that strikes at the heart of whether states can enforce basic medical and safety standards on abortion providers. Planned Parenthood challenged: the information women are required to be given prior to obtaining an abortion; a 72 hour waiting period to ensure decisional certainty; in person visits with the same provider at initial visit and surgical procedure; doctors being the sole provider of abortions; complication plans approved by the state for medication abortion patients; a 21 year tail insurance policy for abortion providers for survivors of abortions to sue for abortion related injuries; admitting privileges at hospitals by abortion clinics for abortion providers; licensing for abortion facilities similar to urgent care facilities; no abortions post-viability; a prohibition against interfering with EMT or ambulances reaching a patient in distress at an abortion facility; and a “reasons ban” which prohibited abortion based on sex, race, or disability of the unborn baby. 9 Melissa Ohden, an abortion survivor and founder of The Abortion Survivors Network, testified about the physical and emotional injuries to abortion survivors and their families and the lack of knowledge on knowing abortion could fail.
Author: Life News
Published at: 2026-02-09 21:41:54
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