“Mayor Jones signs bill to use ARPA money for access to abortion”
St. Louis Public Radio | By Rachel Lippmann | July 21 , 2022
“Calling it decisive action that empowers people to make their own health care decisions, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones signed legislation Thursday directing $1 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to help people cover the logistical cost of accessing abortion.
“A few weeks ago, I stood in this very spot, and I said I would fight like hell to make sure St. . Louisans can access the reproductive health care they need,” Jones said during a signing ceremony at her office in City Hall. “Today, we won the first round in the ring.”
Missouri’s trigger law, which took effect June 24 upon the U.S. Supreme Court rejecting the constitutional right to an abortion, bans the procedure unless the health of the mother is in danger. There are no exceptions for rape or incest.
Hours after Jones put her signature on the measure, Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a promised lawsuit, asking a judge to declare parts of the law unconstitutional and stop the city from going forward with spending the money.”
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