Missouri bans all abortions minutes after SCOTUS overturns Roe
Friday morning, Missouri became the first state to invoke a trigger law banning all abortions in the state, except in cases of medical emergency.
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt issued an opinion that would trigger parts of a state House bill that outlaws almost all abortions in the state, with no exceptions for rape or incest. "With this attorney general opinion, my Office has effectively ended abortion in Missouri, becoming the first state in the country to do so following the court's ruling," Schmitt said in a press release.
Schmitt's quick action in Missouri is what abortion rights advocates had feared and warned would happen if, which legalized abortion nationally in 1973, was overturned by the Supreme Court. Twelve other states have similar trigger laws that would place a near-total ban on abortion once the protections underMissouri became the first state to ban abortions in the wake of Friday's SCOTUS ruling after Attorney General Eric Schmitt signed an opinion invoking the state's trigger laws.
"This opinion immediately restores Missouri's deeply rooted history and proud tradition of respecting, protecting, and promoting the life of the unborn," the attorney general wrote."Missouri has been a national leader in the pro-life movement, and this leadership is reflected in its laws.
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