General Eric Schmitt says he plans to appeal to the Supreme Court. Author: Associated Press, Jim Salter Published: 11:36 AM CDT June 9, 2021 Updated: 11:36 AM CDT June 9, 2021
A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday blocked Missouri from enforcing a sweeping state abortion law that bans the procedures at or after eight weeks of pregnancy.
A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis heard arguments in September in the legal battle over the 2019 law. The measure also would prohibit a woman from having an abortion because the fetus has Down syndrome.
Yamelsie Rodríguez, president and CEO of Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, called the ruling “a critical victory for Missourians.”
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Paul Weiss Attys To Guide Roe V. Wade Defense At High Court
Law360 (May 18, 2021, 10:10 PM EDT) Attorneys at Paul Weiss who have helped hundreds of fellow lawyers tell personal abortion stories at the U.S. Supreme Court now find themselves heading up the legal defense of Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision the justices are poised to reconsider.
New York-based partners Claudia Hammerman and Alexia D. Korberg, joined by multiple colleagues at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, are litigating alongside lead attorneys from the Center for Reproductive Rights against a Mississippi abortion law widely viewed as an intentional challenge to Roe that the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review.