The new ban will create the strictest abortion laws in the history of the state, which has long served as crucial access point for people seeking abortions in the region.
In a nod to the bad old days, an amendment to a Missouri anti-abortion bill would make it a crime to help a pregnant Missourian get an abortion outside the state.
The movement and its ideological predecessors have spent centuries honing reproductive control tactics, from forced pregnancy to sterilization to criminalization.
Missouri is poised to be the fourth state to strip Medicaid reimbursements from the reproductive health provider. So far, the Biden administration has not enforced the law that would prevent defunding.
The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to lift restrictions on mifepristone is good news for people in states that allow telemedicine abortion, but means nothing for everyone else.