Missouri's Republican attorney general has pledged to enforce some laws restricting abortion despite a new constitutional amendment widely expected to undo the state's near-total ban on the procedure. In an opinion requested by incoming GOP governor Mike Kehoe, Attorney General Andrew Bailey wrote that his office will continue enforcing a ban on abortion after fetal viability. There is an exception carved out in the amendment for cases in which a health care provider deems an abortion necessary to “protect the life or physical or mental health of the pregnant person.”

Shocked Pikachu face that voting to protect abortion rights while continuing to vote for Republicans will result in no abortion rights for your state.

Faces and leopards.

  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
    95·
    25 days ago

    There is an exception carved out in the amendment for cases in which a health care provider deems an abortion necessary to “protect the life or physical or mental health of the pregnant person.”

    Texan here. Those exceptions don’t do shit.

    • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOP
      49·
      25 days ago

      Yup. No legal definition of what counts as medically necessary or what health of the pregnant person is so no one will do a thing under that of what the nebulous, non legal term means under a theocrat AG.

    • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
      16·
      25 days ago

      Those exceptions don’t do shit.

      thanks for this. a reminder to scream this nugget of wisdom into the face of every “partial ban” supporter.