Anna Spoerre | Missouri Independent

The Jackson County judge didn’t draw any conclusions about whether the current parental consent law is unconstitutional under the reproductive rights amendment.

‘This is nothing more than an attempt to harass (Planned Parenthood) and should not be permitted by the court,’ attorneys for the clinics wrote in a court filing opposing the subpoena.

Former Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and Republican AGs from two other states intervened in a case brought by anti-abortion groups. After the U.S. Supreme Court said those groups couldn’t sue, Missouri became the lead plaintiff.

‘Our opposition has proven to be very well-funded and very well-organized,’ a campaign advisor said of launching an anti-abortion campaign more than a year ahead of the election.

‘This legislation is the first of a salvo of legislation that will better define Amendment 3 and provide protections for women and the infant,’ said state Rep. Brian Seitz.

‘This program is going to give women the building blocks to live a better life, and then that is going to overflow into their children, and then their children’s children,’ said one caregiver in the prison nursery.

A Jackson County judge previously allowed certain regulations, such as mandatory pelvic exams for medical abortion, to remain in place.