A state circuit judge blocked some parts of Missouri’s near-total abortion ban after an abortion ballot measure’s passage in November. But the ruling preserved other restrictions, including that abortion facilities have to be licensed by the state.

A judge has ruled that Missouri’s near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment

A state judge on Friday ruled Missouri's nearly total abortion ban violates the state's Constitution as amended by voters on Nov. 5 and partially blocked enforcement of the abortion law.

After Missouri voters passed Amendment 3 in November, enshrining the right to an abortion, Planned Parenthood sued to strike down several abortion restrictions in state law. A judge on Friday blocked some but not all of the restrictions.

A Jackson County judge blocked Missouri's near-total abortion ban Friday following the passage of a statewide constitutional amendment in November. Judge Jerri Zhang's 22-page ruling temporarily blocks several state laws regulating the procedure.

A Missouri judge on Friday temporarily struck down several laws that Planned Parenthood clinics have said made access to abortion all but impossible across the state. Among the laws Jackson County Judge Jerri Zhang blocked include a 72-hour waiting period for an abortion and a mandate that physicians performing abortions have admitting privileges at nearby

A Jackson County Circuit Court judge Friday blocked parts of Missouri’s abortion ban after voters passed Amendment 3 in November.

LOUIS — Planned Parenthood is speaking out after a Missouri judge ruled the state’s near total abortion ban is unenforceable. However, the providers still can’t resume abortion care. While Planned Parenthood said this is progress,

Voters passed Amendment 3 in November to guarantee abortion rights in the Missouri Constitution. That kicked in Dec. 5. But that voter action followed decades of work by the General Assembly to regulate abortion into oblivion.