Missouri laws restricting abortion are unconstitutionally vague and conflict with a constitutional amendment voters in the state approved in 2024, a county judge has ruled.
Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang on June 18 ruled in favor of Planned Parenthood and other plaintiffs, finding that many of the restrictions “violate the Missouri Constitution … and may therefore not be enforced.”
That’s in part because of a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2024 that said the government “shall not deny or infringe upon a person’s fundamental right to reproductive freedom, which is the right to make and carry out decisions about all matters relating to reproductive health care, including but not limited to prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, birth control, abortion care, miscarriage care, and respectful birthing conditions.”…