SiX in the Press: Here’s Your (Bleak) 2025 Reproductive Rights Preview
In November, 10 different states voted on ballot measures to enshrine abortion rights, and seven passed them. Missouri, which enacted a total abortion ban in 2022, passed its abortion rights measure but now faces the uphill battle of repealing its ban.
This requires action from the state legislature, SIX’s Rosann Mariappuram told Jezebel—not just to repeal Missouri’s ban, but also to repeal abortion restrictions that predate the ban. One key restriction bars clinics from providing abortion services if they don’t have contracts with nearby hospitals, some of which are religious institutions that refuse to perform the procedure.