Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains and Planned Parenthood Great Rivers v. State of Missouri
Asking the court to declare unconstitutional and block enforcement of Missouri’s ban on abortion, its ban on the use of telemedicine for abortion, the 72-hour waiting period for the procedure, and multiple other restrictive abortion-related laws. The lawsuit follows Missouri voters’ approval of a constitutional amendment allowing abortion up to viability, or around 23 weeks. The lawsuit also challenges the state’s post-viability restriction to the extent it is inconsistent with the amendment, including its definition of viability.
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