In a decisive victory for life, parental rights, and the rule of law, a Missouri court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a radical abortion group that sought to overturn the state’s commonsense parental consent law.
This is a major win for Missouri families – and for the ACLJ, which filed a legal brief in this case defending the right of parents to be involved in their children’s most serious life decisions.
As we previously reported, a group of abortion activists backed by “The Lawyering Project,” an organization devoted to expanding abortion through the courts, attempted to strike down Missouri’s long-standing parental consent law. This law, in place for decades, ensures that minors cannot undergo abortions without the knowledge and consent of a parent or guardian – a simple, commonsense safeguard supported by the vast majority of Americans.
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But the abortion industry’s latest attack went even further. In a shocking legal stunt, they sued a small handpicked list of prosecutors, asking the court to certify them as a “defendant class” that could speak for the entire state – effectively silencing Missouri’s elected Attorney General and the millions of citizens whose voices shaped the state’s pro-life protections. The ACLJ answered the Missouri AG’s request to file in opposition to this attempt to create a class for a class-action suit.
The court’s dismissal of this case is a resounding rejection of the abortion industry’s underhanded tactics. Missouri’s parental consent law remains in full effect – protecting young girls from being pressured or manipulated into abortions without their parents’ knowledge and preserving the state’s rightful authority to uphold pro-life values.
This victory also comes as Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway continues to defend the state’s broader pro-life protections in a separate case involving Planned Parenthood’s attempts to skirt all medical regulation, claiming that health and safety regulations – such as requiring providers to have admitting privileges at hospitals and abortion complication plans – are “discriminatory” requirements for abortion providers.
These victories make one thing clear: Life is winning in Missouri. The court affirmed that Missouri has both the right and the responsibility to protect minors, defend parental authority, and stand against the abortion industry’s reckless disregard for law and life.
The ACLJ will continue to fight alongside Attorney General Hanaway and the people of Missouri to ensure that these hard-won protections remain in place. We will not allow the abortion lobby to rewrite the law, silence parents, or endanger children in pursuit of profit.
But our work is not over. The abortion industry will continue to test the limits of the law and attack every protection for the unborn it can find. The ACLJ stands ready – in Missouri and across the nation – to defend life and liberty at every turn.
LifeNews Note: Jordan Sekulow is the Executive Director of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ)
