Missouri's Republican-led Legislature is returning to the Statehouse Monday for a special session sought by Gov. Eric Greitens to consider new abortion regulations.
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Some Missouri legislators are upset they have to go back to Jefferson City Monday for a second special session. Greitens says he wants lawmakers to pass more abortion laws in response.
The governor's decision to call a special session so that state lawmakers could try to roll back women's rights to accessing basic reproductive health is just the latest development in Missouri's decade-long battle against a woman's right to choose. In 2017 alone, lawmakers in Missouri filed at least 14 anti-abortion proposals before the start of the legislative session.
A Kansas City Democratic lawmaker is criticizing the Republican governor's decision to call a special legislative session on abortion policy. The annual session runs from January to mid-May.
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The Missouri Legislature passed the measure during one of the final days of this year's regular session.
In a video posted on Facebook Friday, Greitens said pregnancy care centers are under attack in cities like St. Louis by not letting them work like they are supposed to.
The last special session in Missouri cost taxpayers 66-thousand dollars.
Republican Gov. Eric Greitens says a recent federal judge's ruling that struck down some state abortion laws in part prompted his call for action.
While largely symbolic, the St. Louis ordinance bans employers from firing, refusing to hire or disciplining women because they have an abortion, take contraception, use artificial insemination or become pregnant while unmarried.
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