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Aug. 1, 2019Jefferson City, MO |  By: AP

Organizations suing to stop abortion law that does not include rape or incest exceptions

Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties
Union are suing the state of Missouri to stop a law that bans abortions beyond
the eighth week of pregnancy from taking effect Aug. 28.

The organizations allege in the federal lawsuit filed Tuesday that the
abortion bill signed in May by Missouri Governor Mike Parson that does not include
exceptions in cases of rape or incest is part of an "unrelenting campaign to
deny patients the health care they seek and to which they are entitled."
The lawsuit says the law will harm plaintiffs and their patients by seriously
restricting their access to pre-viability abortion care.

Parson's spokeswoman, Kelli Jones, said the office had no immediate comment on
the lawsuit. Attorney General Eric Schmitt's office didn't immediately return a
phone call.