Appeals Court Upholds Missouri Abortion-Law Injunction
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said his office will seek a U.S. Supreme Court review of a U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling that upholds an injunction prohibiting the state from implementing a 2019 abortion law. A three-judge 8th Circuit panel heard arguments in September and handed down its ruling determining Missouri's law prohibiting abortions after eight weeks and abortions based on Down syndrome diagnoses prevent women from making their own decisions. Missouri "failed to demonstrate its policy priorities outweigh the public interest in access to pre-viability abortions or the significant interference with (Planned Parenthood's) business and the harm to pregnant individuals who might seek a pre-viability abortion before final judgment in this case," reads the opinion. The opinion was penned by Judge Jane Kelly and joined by Justices Roger Wollman and David Stras, who dissented on retaining the injunction against abortions based on Down syndrome diagnoses. Read more...