In Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains v. State of Missouri, (MO Cir. Ct., June 18, 2026), a Missouri state trial court found that some 30 state statutes and regulations dealing with abortions conflict with the Reproductive Freedom amendment to the state constitution adopted in 2024. The court though upheld the statutory requirement for an in-person visit to a physician to confirm gestational age to determine whether medication abortion would be safe and appropriate and to rule out an ectopic pregnancy. However, the court invalidated the requirement that prescribed abortion medication be taken in the presence of the prescribing physician. A preliminary injunction issued in 2024 had left in place various abortion facility requirements that impeded the reopening of abortion clinics. (See prior posting.) The permanent injunction issued last week appears to have now invalidated those provisions. The Hill reports on the decision.
