Show-Me Abortion Rights Delay

Quick update on court fights and legal decision despite an election victory . . . Check-it:

The initiative put the right to the abortion in the state constitution, but a judge still needed to overturn the ban. Two Planned Parenthood affiliates in the eastern and western parts of Missouri sued to overturn the ban, and then Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang halted the ban shortly before Christmas.

But the judge left some other requirements that apply to abortion clinics in place. Planned Parenthood says with those requirements on the books, they still can't offer abortions yet.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Abortions still aren't available in Missouri, even though voters legalized it. What happens now?

Advocates for abortion rights cheered when voters approved Amendment 3, which enshrined the right to an abortion in the Missouri Constitution. But nearly two months after the ballot initiative passed, the procedure still isn't available in the state.