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May 16, 2019

Missouri Senate Votes to Ban Most Abortions After 8 Weeks
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Missouri's Republican-led Senate passed a bill early today banning
abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. The legislation now heads to the
Republican-led Missouri House of Representatives; Republican Governor
Mike Parson has promised to sign the bill into law. Architects behind
the bills in Alabama, Missouri and other states say they're aimed at
overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling that
recognizes the constitutional right to an abortion.


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