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Missouri now bans abortion after 8 weeks

Missouri now bans abortion after 8 weeks

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https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/missouri-senate-extreme-abortion-ban-law.html

On the heels of Alabama’s extreme abortion ban, similarly harsh legislation was passed by Missouri lawmakers this week — meaning it could soon become the latest state to enact a near-full ban on the medical procedure.

the Republican-led Missouri Senate voted on Thursday morning to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. The House then voted in favor of the ban on Friday; the state’s vehemently anti-abortion Republican governor, Mike Parson, is expected to sign it into law. (“My administration will execute the laws the legislature passes and this pro-life administration will not back down,” the governor has stated.)

Missouri already has extremely restrictive abortion laws, with only one abortion provider operating in the entire state. The eight-week ban does not include any exceptions for instances of rape, incest, or human trafficking (though it does allow for the procedure in cases of medical emergency), and doctors who perform the procedure face up to 15 years in prison.

The Missouri senate’s vote on the eight-week ban comes shortly after Alabama lawmakers voted to approve a six-week ban on the procedure, which likewise did not include any exceptions.

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@vivify said
https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/missouri-senate-extreme-abortion-ban-law.html

On the heels of Alabama’s extreme abortion ban, similarly harsh legislation was passed by Missouri lawmakers this week — meaning it could soon become the latest state to enact a near-full ban on the medical procedure.

the Republican-led Missouri Senate voted on Thursday morning to ban abo ...[text shortened]... to approve a six-week ban on the procedure, which likewise did not include any exceptions.
Gee, doesn't the State already have a fetal homicide bill making the unborn full human beings and thus making this law completely unnecessary?

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States should be abolished.

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The post that was quoted here has been removed
Hovis walked back his comment earlier today.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryancbrooks/missouri-republican-apologized-consensual-rape-abortion-ban

This law, however, is unconstitutional and unsupportable by anyone, except the most rabid anti-choice zealots.

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@no1marauder said
Gee, doesn't the State already have a fetal homicide bill making the unborn full human beings and thus making this law completely unnecessary?
I'm sure you've heard the term "feel good legislation" 🙂

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You all are missing the big picture. There's an anti-abortion wave here with enough SCOTUS judges to make this reality.

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@vivify said
You all are missing the big picture. There's an anti-abortion wave here with enough SCOTUS judges to make this reality.
I seriously doubt there are enough SCOTUS judges willing to uphold this law. I tend to doubt there are enough SCOTUS judges to even take the case after the law is declared unconstitutional in the lower courts.

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