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		</div><p>Missouri’s Republican-led House is expected to pass a sweeping bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy, on legislators’ final day in session.</p>
<p>The state would join Alabama and several other states that have moved recently to severely restrict terminations.</p>
<p>If enacted, the ban would be among the most restrictive in the US. It would include exceptions for medical emergencies, but not for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.</p>
<p>Doctors would face five to 15 years in prison for violating the eight-week cut-off. Women who receive abortions would not be prosecuted.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Missouri Stands for the Unborn <a href="https://t.co/HWMxd0pkje">https://t.co/HWMxd0pkje</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Governor Mike Parson (@GovParsonMO) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovParsonMO/status/1128790976565088256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Republican governor Mike Parson is likely to sign the bill.</p>
<p>“Until the day that we no longer have abortions in this country, I will never waver in the fight for life,” he said on Wednesday during a rally with supporters of the legislation.</p>
<p>Planned Parenthood Action Fund president Leana Wen said in a statement that enacting the measure would be “disastrous”.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">To the anti-reproductive health politicians who&#39;ve launched an all-out assault on our healthcare, know this: </p>
<p>Women are paying attention and we will fight back with everything we have. <a href="https://t.co/ZKtWOxs0MX">https://t.co/ZKtWOxs0MX</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrLeanaWen/status/1128773491350757379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The Missouri legislation comes after Alabama’s governor signed a bill on Wednesday making performing an abortion a felony in nearly all cases.</p>
<p>Supporters say the Alabama bill is meant to conflict with the 1973 Roe vs Wade decision that legalised abortion nationally, in hopes of sparking a court case that might prompt the current panel of more conservative justices to revisit abortion rights.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today, I signed into law the Alabama Human Life Protection Act. To the bill’s many supporters, this legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians’ deeply held belief that every life is precious &; that every life is a sacred gift from God. <a href="https://t.co/DwKJyAjSs8">https://t.co/DwKJyAjSs8</a> <a href="https://t.co/PIUQip6nmw">pic.twitter.com/PIUQip6nmw</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Governor Kay Ivey (@GovernorKayIvey) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovernorKayIvey/status/1128781312750432262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio and Georgia have also approved bans on abortion once foetal cardiac activity can be detected, which can occur in about the sixth week of pregnancy.</p>
<p>Some of those laws have already been challenged in court, and similar restrictions in North Dakota and Iowa were struck down by judges.</p>
<p>Missouri’s bill also includes an outright ban on abortions except in cases of medical emergencies, but unlike in Alabama, it would kick in only if Roe vs Wade is overturned.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">PROTECT SAFE, LEGAL ABORTION.</p>
<p>CALL YOUR STATE REP.<a href="https://t.co/e4FUZhNjYt">https://t.co/e4FUZhNjYt</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StopTheBans?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StopTheBans</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MoLeg?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MoLeg</a> <a href="https://t.co/GqswLp1o4C">pic.twitter.com/GqswLp1o4C</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Planned Parenthood Advocates in Missouri (@PPMO_Advocates) <a href="https://twitter.com/PPMO_Advocates/status/1129060678931820544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>If courts do not allow Missouri’s proposed eight-week ban to take effect, the bill includes a ladder of less-restrictive time limits that would prohibit abortions at 14, 18 or 20 weeks of pregnancy.</p>
<p>Republican House speaker Elijah Haahr has said the goal is for the legislation to withstand court challenges.</p>
<p>A total of 3,903 abortions were carried out in Missouri in 2017, the last full year for which the state Department of Health and Senior Services has statistics online.</p>
<p>Of those, 1,673 occurred at under nine weeks and 119 occurred at 20 weeks or later.</p>
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