Missouri Supreme Court has opened the door to abortions being halted again

JEFFERSON CITY Mo AP The Missouri Supreme Court opened the door Tuesday to abortions being halted again in a tumultuous legal saga after voters struck down the state s abortion ban last November The state s top court ruled that a district judge applied the wrong standard in rulings in December and February that allowed abortions to resume in the state for the first time since they were nearly perfectly halted under a ban that took effect after the U S Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in Related Articles New Orleans jail escapees caught following car chase in Texas inmates still on the run US prosecutors won t seek death penalty for son of Mexican drug cartel leader El Chapo Kansas society holds private memorial for Israeli Embassy staffer killed in DC ambush Scripps National Spelling Bee guide How to watch who the notable spellers are rules and prizes Escape of ex-police chief known as Devil in the Ozarks has Arkansas residents on edge In Tuesday s two-page ruling the court ordered Judge Jerri Zhang to vacate her earlier orders and re-evaluate the event using the standards the court laid out The state emphasized in their petition filed to the state Supreme Court in March that Planned Parenthood didn t sufficiently prove women were harmed without the temporary blocks on the broad swath of laws and regulations on abortion services and providers On the contrary the state stated Zhang s decisions left abortion facilities functionally unregulated and women with no guarantee of strength and safety Sam Lee director of Campaign Life Missouri reported he was extremely excited by the Supreme Court order This means that our pro-life laws which include plenty of wellness and safety protections for women will remain in place Lee stated How long they will remain we will have to see But for right now we would expect that Planned Parenthood would stop doing any abortions until the court rules otherwise