Well, well, well, a court victory!
A Missouri judge ruled Monday the state’s 72-hour waiting period is constitutional, rejecting Planned Parenthood’s emergency motion for a temporary restraining order on Missouri’s abortion laws.
Circuit Judge S. Margene Burnett said the waiting period doesn’t constitute an “undue burden” for women in the state seeking abortions, according to KCUR. Missouri’s abortion law, SB5, says women must waiting 72 hours before receiving an abortion, must receive counseling before she chooses to do so, and that the counseling must be administered by the doctor who will perform the abortion.
The requirements are “at best a moderate modification of the informed consent restraints already in place” said Burnett, explaining that it is not a monumental change to require doctors to provide counseling rather than any qualified professionals.