Prohibition of Medicaid reimbursements to abortion providers becomes Missouri law
BREAKING: New Medicaid Abortion Law In Missouri Goes Into Effect
Joe Mueller with Just The News reports:
Earlier this year, the Missouri Supreme Court overruled an attempt by the state to eliminate funding for abortion providers through the state budget.
When Missouri’s new law ending Medicaid funding for abortion providers or affiliates takes effect, a campaign might be underway to overturn it during the November election.
Almost two years after Missouri’s trigger law ended abortion in the state on the same day of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs case, Republican Gov. Mike Parson signed House Bill 2634 into law. Even though abortion is illegal and legislators discovered the state hasn’t paid any reimbursements to any abortion providers or affiliates in two years, the bill’s sponsors stated it was necessary to pass legal muster.
Earlier this year, the Missouri Supreme Court overruled an attempt by the state to eliminate funding for abortion providers through the state budget. Now separate from the budget bill, legislators believe the law will stand in the courts.
