“Today’s decision affirms what we’ve already long known — the state’s abortion facility licensing requirements were not about patient safety, but rather another politically motivated barrier to prevent patients seeking abortion from getting the care they need,” she said in a statement.
Mallory Schwarz, executive director of Abortion Action Missouri, said clinic partners are ready to start providing abortions as soon as next week.
There was no immediate response to a voice message seeking comment from a spokesperson for Missouri’s attorney general, who is defending the state’s abortion restrictions in court.
“With this change the landscape for Missourians and the entire Midwest region will be transformed, as patients will have greater access to abortion care than they have had in years,” she said in a statement.
Missouri is one of five states where voters approved ballot measures in 2024 to enshrining abortion rights in their constitutions.
