These states voted to protect abortion rights. Conservative lawmakers are not standing down

2026-02-02 - 13:15

A trial in Missouri illustrates how hard it is to restore abortion rights, even when voters demand it After Missouri residents voted to repeal their state’s near-total abortion ban and enshrine abortion rights into their state constitution, advocates quickly got to work. In a lawsuit filed the day after the 2024 election, abortion providers challenged not only the constitutionality of the state’s ban, but also a slew of other restrictions that, they said, made their jobs so arduous as to be impossible. More than a year later, they’re still in court. Continue reading...