Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office obtained a major court victory in defense of Missouri’s unborn children. After abortion activists sued the Attorney General to dismantle all of Missouri’s pro-life laws, the City of St. Louis’ Circuit Court granted his motion to dismiss the challenge.
“Today is a major win for women and their unborn children as a Missouri court sided with our office yet again in our efforts to defend the sanctity of life,” said Attorney General Bailey. “Having lost a child, this issue is personal for me. My office will continue to use every tool at its disposal to protect the unborn. Our children are worth the fight.”
Missouri’s law protecting life at all stages of pregnancy took effect a mere six minutes after the Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs decision, returning the authority to regulate abortion to the states. In January 2023, abortion activists filed suit against this statute, as well as others. Attorney General Bailey filed a motion to dismiss the legal activists’ challenge. On June 30th, 2023, the Court agreed to dismiss ten of the eleven challenges those activists brought. Today’s order dismissed the eleventh and final count of the lawsuit.
The same Court dismissed Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker’s attempt to resurrect those challenges in a cross-claim against Attorney General Bailey in the same suit. The ruling definitively rejecting her attempt to dismantle Missouri’s pro-life laws can be read here.
Today’s court order siding with Attorney General Bailey can be read here.