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Pro-choice supporters and staff of Planned Parenthood hold a rally outside the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 31, 2019.Reproductive rights groups celebrated on Friday after a Missouri judge temporarily blocked significant abortion restrictions that were kept in place despite voters’ approval of a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to the procedure.
BREAKING: Barely a year after launching the campaign to end Missouri’s abortion ban, the court upheld the will of the people.The judge’s decision came as Missouri Republicans continued working to reverse the abortion rights amendment approved by state voters in November.
“The people voted, the court responded, and we will do our part: serving Missourians in their home state,” Wales added.As Donald Trump is inaugurated a second time, independent media organizations are faced with urgent mandates: Tell the truth more loudly than ever before. Do that work even as our standard modes of distribution are being manipulated and curtailed by forces of fascist repression and ruthless capitalism.
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