JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has released the following statement after Judge Zhang issued a ruling in Comprehensive Health v. Missouri:
“My heart is broken by today’s ruling. This is exactly the Pandora’s box we warned of, and the women of Missouri will pay the price.
“This radical decision gives abortion providers a free pass to police themselves. Women are no longer entitled to the same level of care in an abortion clinic that they would receive in other healthcare settings: providers are no longer required to maintain complication plans or insurance, and the state cannot even conduct basic health and safety inspections to ensure patient safety.
“Worse yet, this decision unilaterally expanded late-term abortion after fetal viability. None of this is what Missourians voted for. My office will expeditiously appeal this dangerous decision to the Missouri Supreme Court, and I will never stop fighting for the safety of women and children.”