Today, we're taking a closer look at why next year's Missouri abortion ban vote carefully omits the most important word.

Planned Parenthood Great Rivers Medical Director Margaret Baum said Tuesday the clinic had opened its books for patients to make abortion appointments starting next week.

A Jackson County Circuit Court judge blocked enforcement last week of nearly all Missouri laws that restrict abortion, ruling the 2024 passage of Amendment 3 enshrined the right to an abortion in the state constitution.

Some abortions still need a plan that must be approved by Missouri's health department. MISSOURI, USA — Clinics throughout Missouri have restarted some, but not all, abortion procedures on Monday after a judge ruled the recently passed voter-approved amendment trumped most of the state's restrictions.

The lawsuit marks the first major legal challenge intended to halt a Republican-led attempt to ban abortions again in Missouri.

Missouri's attorney general said Monday that he is appealing a Jackson County judge's injunction, issued last week, that allowed abortion to proceed in the state. Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a news release that his office has filed an appeal of the injunction issued last week.