Missouri Statutes

§ 188.028 — Minors, abortion requirements and procedure.

Missouri § 188.028
JurisdictionMissouri
Title XIIPUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Ch. 188Regulation of Abortions

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 188.028 (2026).

Text

1.  Except in the case of a medical emergency, no person shall knowingly perform or induce an abortion upon a pregnant woman under the age of eighteen years unless:

(1)The attending physician has secured the informed written consent of the minor and one parent or guardian, and the consenting parent or guardian of the minor has notified any other custodial parent in writing prior to the securing of the informed written consent of the minor and one parent or guardian.  For purposes of this subdivision, "custodial parent" shall only mean a parent of a minor who has been awarded joint legal custody or joint physical custody of such minor by a court of competent jurisdiction.  Notice shall not be required for any parent:
(a)Who has been found guilty of any offense in violation of chapter

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Legislative History

(L. 1979 H.B. 523, et al., A.L. 1986 H.B. 1596, A.L. 2019 H.B. 126) Effective 5-24-19 (1981) Provisions of statute requiring notice to parents of all minors seeking abortions is unconstitutional because it requires notice to the parents of minors who are mature or minors for whom it is not in their best interest to give notice.  Planned Parenthood v. Ashcroft (8th Cir.) 655 F.2d 848. (1983) Statute requiring minors to obtain parental or judicial consent to obtain an abortion is constitutional as interpreted in Planned Parenthood v. Ashcroft, 655 F.2d 848 (8th Cir.  1981). Planned Parenthood of Kansas City, Mo. v. Ashcroft, 103 S.Ct. 2517. (1985) Requirement that unemancipated minor secure parental consent or court ordered right to self-consent in order to obtain abortion is constitutional. C.L.G. v. Webster, 616 F.Supp. 1182 (D.C. Mo.). (1986) This section held constitutionally valid. T.L.J. v. Webster, 792 F.2d 734 (8th Cir.).

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