Now that Roe v. Wade has been toppled, abortion opponents are taking a multifaceted approach in their quest to end abortions nationwide, targeting their strategies to the dynamics of each state as they attempt to create new laws and defend bans in courts.
The state health department released a factsheet on the law Wednesday following questions & confusion since the abortion ban kicked in when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
A large Missouri hospital chain briefly stopped providing emergency contraception amid confusion over whether the state's abortion ban could put doctors at risk.
Several states have already imposed new restrictions on abortions that have led women from those states to seek the procedure in states such as Illinois.