Advocates Celebrate as Missouri Judge Blocks State Abortion Restrictions

Reproductive rights groups celebrated on Friday after a Missouri judge temporarily blocked significant abortion restrictions that were kept in place despite voters’ approval of a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to the procedure.

Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood of Great Plains announced that “abortion care will be restored immediately” following the decision from Judge Jerri Zhang, who sided with Planned Parenthood in blocking licensing rules that advocates said were a major obstacle to abortion access.