(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A Republican candidate for Missouri governor wants to ban abortions that are not medically necessary at or beyond 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Former House speaker and U.S. attorney Catherine Hanaway announced the proposal Tuesday.
Missouri currently bans abortions at 20 weeks or later if there’s no serious medical risk to the woman. But there’s an exception if the fetus is not viable.
Hanaway’s proposal would end that exception.
Hanaway also says she wants ramped-up penalties for selling fetal organs. She backs defunding Planned Parenthood.
Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri CEO Laura McQuade says Hanaway put “politics before health” when she announced the policy proposals.
Hanaway announced the proposals hours before she and four other Republican candidates for governor were set to speak at a forum in Jefferson City.
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