A trial in Missouri illustrates how hard it is to restore abortion rights, even when voters demand it A trial in Missouri illustrates how hard it is to restore abortion rights, even when voters demand it A fter Missouri residents voted to repeal their state’s near-total abortion ban and enshrine abortion rights into their state constitution, advocates quickly got to work. In a lawsuit filed the day after the 2024 election, abortion providers challenged not only the constitutionality of the