Eighth Circuit Refuses to Reinstate Missouri Abortion Ban
Anti-abortion advocates gather outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis in 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) ST. LOUIS (CN) — A divided Eighth Circuit panel on Wednesday affirmed an injunction that prohibits Missouri from implementing a strict abortion law that includes a ban on the procedure for fetuses diagnosed with Down syndrome. The St. Louis-based appeals court agreed with Planned Parenthood that the Down syndrome provision is a ban rather than a restriction. “Unlike a regulation, the Down syndrome provision does not set a condition that—upon compliance—makes the performa...
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