‘We’re not done’: Missouri GOP pushes penalties, fetal personhood in renewed abortion fight

By: Anna Spoerre

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: February 20, 2026

Words: 1,335

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Fifteen months after Missouri voters approved a constitutional right to abortion, Republican lawmakers are playing the long game, introducing a flood of familiar legislation seeking to roll back some protections in the hopes of ultimately ending access to the procedure altogether.

Republicans are moving to expand criminal penalties for doctors who perform abortions and civil penalties for those who help obtain medication abortion. Other proposals look to establish “personhood” for embryos and fetuses or to …

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