Abortion in Missouri Is the Wait of a Lifetime

NOT SO FAST

A 72-hour waiting period imposed on women by the Republican legislature has given the state the most restrictive abortion laws in the country.

Published Nov. 12 2014 5:45AM EST

articles/2014/11/12/abortion-in-missouri-is-the-wait-of-a-lifetime/141111-glawe-abortion-tease_h1d80g — Elena Scotti/The Daily Beast

ST. LOUIS—Outside Planned Parenthood, Paula stands in a steady drizzle along with others at the edge of the abortion clinic’s parking lot. They hold signs depicting a fetus with a hanging umbilical cord.

Justin Glawe

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Abortion in Missouri Is the Wait of a Lifetime

A 72-hour waiting period imposed on women by the Republican legislature has given the state the most restrictive abortion laws in the country.

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Justin Glawe