Anna Spoerre | Missouri Independent

Missouri Attorney General Hanaway is continuing Andrew Bailey’s fight against medication abortion in a new challenge against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Abortion is only available at some Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri, and not every kind of abortion is accessible.

Threats to democracy at both the national and state levels fueled Missourians to rally at more than 30 locations across the state Saturday as part of No Kings demonstrations.

Arguments by former Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey that abortion regulations do not cause ‘irreparable harm’ to patients is ‘disingenuous,’ an appeals court concluded.

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.