2019 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII - Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions
Section 188.010 Intent of general assembly.

Universal Citation:
MO Rev Stat § 188.010 (2019)
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Effective 28 Aug 2019

188.010. Intent of general assembly. — In recognition that Almighty God is the author of life, that all men and women are "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life", and that Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution of Missouri provides that all persons have a natural right to life, it is the intention of the general assembly of the state of Missouri to:

(1) Defend the right to life of all humans, born and unborn;

(2) Declare that the state and all of its political subdivisions are a "sanctuary of life" that protects pregnant women and their unborn children; and

(3) Regulate abortion to the full extent permitted by the Constitution of the United States, decisions of the United States Supreme Court, and federal statutes.

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(L. 1974 H.B. 1211 § 1, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1596, A.L. 2019 H.B. 126)

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