The bill, which is in the Missouri House, aims to ban abortions before many women know they are pregnant, with no exceptions for rape or incest.
By Lindsey Bever Lindsey Bever General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow May 17 at 9:56 AM Lawmakers in Missouri are expected to pass a strict antiabortion bill that would ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy, following other conservative states that have passed similar measures.
The Missouri bill would make it illegal for a woman to get an abortion after the eighth week of pregnancy and provide no exceptions for rape or incest, only for medical emergencies. [Alabama Senate passes nation’s most restrictive abortion ban, which makes no exceptions for victims of rape and incest]
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