July 28, 2021, (LifeSiteNews)— Despite a lawsuit from Planned Parenthood resulting in a temporary injunction, the Eighth U.S. Circuit of Appeals is again considering a Missouri law which bans abortions after 8 weeks gestation, among other provisions for mothers and unborn children.
In a move called a “surprise” and “sudden” by Missouri Right to Life and Planned Parenthood respectively, the federal appeals court has decided to review its June 9, 2021 ruling blocking Missouri’s HB 126, the “Missouri Stands for the Unborn Act.”
Enacted in 2019, the law declares that “an abortion shall not be performed or induced upon a woman at eight weeks gestational age or later, except in cases of medical emergency.” It contains no specific exemption for rape or incest.
Doctors are punishable with prison terms of up to 15 years under the law. The mothers of aborted children would not be punished.
“A person who knowingly violates these provisions shall be guilty of a class B felony, as well as subject to suspension or revocation of his or her professional license,” under the law. “A pregnant woman upon whom an abortion is performed or induced in violation of these provisions shall not be prosecuted for a
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