Abortion is now banned in Missouri again after the state’s highest court overturned two lower court rulings blocking its abortion ban.

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that a district judge used the wrong standard in two rulings — one in December and another in February — that allowed abortions to resume in the state.

Abortion has been almost entirely banned in Missouri since the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Missourians narrowly passed a ballot measure last November enshrining the right to an abortion until around 24 weeks of pregnancy. This allowed Planned Parenthood to file a lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban.

Judge Jerri Zhang ruled last year that the abortion ban violated the state’s constitution, but then left some restrictions preventing some abortions from resumin

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