KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Six weeks after Missourians across the Show Me State voted in favor of reproductive rights for Missouri women, the constitutional amendment has yet to take effect.
“It is however frustrating, upsetting and as Missourians, deeply alarming that you would have elected officials who are so willing to subvert the will of the people,” Emily Wales, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains said.
It was two weeks ago, both Planned Parenthood and the Missouri Attorney General’s Office presented their arguments in front of a Jackson County judge.
Wales is weighing in as the amendment hangs in the balance.
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Wales calls the fight that the state AG is putting up as “shocking” especially because the majority of Missouri voters approved of supporting reproductive rights. Wales is also imploring the judge in this case for answer sooner rather than later.
“I’ve never seen anything quite like this, where you have a vote of the people. We had the opportunity in Missouri to hear directly from the people to see what the voters wanted and they wanted to restore abortion rights,” Wales said.