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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 01:37 PM Sep 2019

Judge Blocks Missouri From Enforcing Its 'Down Syndrome Abortion' Ban


A federal judge on Friday blocked a part of Missouri’s newly enacted abortion law banning “Down syndrome abortions” of non-viable fetuses.

Senior U.S. District Judge Howard Sachs had previously blocked the state’s ban of most pre-viability abortions. But he asked for further evidence of the number of women who would be affected by the Down syndrome prohibition.

The Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis, which sued to overturn the law, submitted evidence that the Down syndrome ban would affect a small number of women.

That, Sachs ruled, was sufficient to issue an injunction blocking the ban from taking effect while the state appeals.

https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/judge-blocks-missouri-enforcing-its-down-syndrome-abortion-ban
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Judge Blocks Missouri From Enforcing Its 'Down Syndrome Abortion' Ban (Original Post) Sherman A1 Sep 2019 OP
Good. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #1
Oh especially the Hispanic and African American ones . They will be right on it -somehow blaming lunasun Sep 2019 #2

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,727 posts)
1. Good.
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 01:47 PM
Sep 2019

Let's see those legislators rush to adopt babies with Down syndrome or any other disability if they're so keen to have them born.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
2. Oh especially the Hispanic and African American ones . They will be right on it -somehow blaming
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 01:54 PM
Sep 2019

the mothers no doubt

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