Missouri Senators Pass Extremist Law Forbidding Abortion Access to Rape and Incest Victims

Calvionne Rayford, 29, originally of Kansas City, throws a fist in the air while demonstrating against the Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade on Friday, June 24th outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis.(Photo: Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radio) On February 7th, 2024, Missouri senators voted to maintain the state’s strict law forbidding abortions – even in cases of rape and incest. Under Missouri law, abortions will remain legal only “in cases of medical emergency.”& & Emergency: How close to death does a person has to be to be considered a candidate for abortion?& Multiple states have used the similar phrasing of “medical emergency”and, legally, it’s ambiguous. The exceptions are vaguely worded and they have a lack of flexibility in deciding when there is an emergency that requires a pregnancy to be terminated. The citizens and OB/GYNs in these states are discovering that this ambiguity results in a huge problem. Mylissa Farmer talked with KSHB on June,23, 2023. reflecting on life after Roe in Missouri, Kansas. (Photo by: Jason Crow) A 2022 case in Missouri is testing whether federal laws override state bans when an emergency abortion is necessary. The case involves Mylissa Farmer of Joplin, Missouri:...