In a total win for Planned Parenthood, the Eighth Circuit blocked two Missouri restrictions on abortion rights on Wednesday, including a measure like the Mississippi law the Supreme Court will review.
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A three-judge panel on Wednesday upheld a federal judge’s decision last year that blocked Missouri from enforcing a 2019 law that banned most abortions at eight weeks and in cases where a fetus has Down syndrome.