Missouri Attorney General says he’ll sue Kansas City over financial help for out-of-state...

The Kansas City Council approved a resolution on Thursday that would provide financial assistance to city employees who seek an abortion outside of Missouri, where nearly all abortions are now illegal.
A week after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Friday said he plans to sue Kansas City after the City Council approved a resolution to provide financial help to city employees who seek out-of-state abortions.

Nearly all abortions are now illegal in Missouri after Schmitt and Missouri Gov. Mike Parson acted to put the state’s 2019 trigger ban into place. The law targets abortion providers by making it a class B felony to induce an abortion. Clinics or health providers prosecuted under the law could also lose their medical licenses.