From waiting periods to insurance mandates: Missouri abortion laws under review

By: Anna Spoerre, Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Kevin Hardy

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: January 28, 2026

Words: 1,896

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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Planned Parenthood and the Missouri Attorney General’s Office agree on one thing: abortion is legal in Missouri.

That’s where the agreement ends.

A 10-day trial that wrapped Monday in Kansas City laid bare decades of conflict over the state’s abortion laws. Dozens of restrictions — targeted regulation of abortion providers, or TRAP, laws — are being challenged as unconstitutional under Missouri’s voter-approved reproductive rights amendment.

The outcome of this case will determine the future of …

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