Jackson County Prosecutor Mean Jean Moves Against Missouri Abortion Ban

Here's a political power play that puts the courthouse in the midst of statewide culture war and national election drama . . . Check-it . . .

In June, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker filed her own arguments asking a judge to declare the law unconstitutional, saying that the wording is vague and inconsistent and flips the burden of proof required in criminal cases from the prosecutor to the defendant.

The state is trying to block the move.

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Jackson County Prosecutor is trying to join the lawsuit to overturn Missouri's abortion ban

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker is asking a judge for permission to raise her own legal challenges to Missouri's near-total ban on abortion, which she says is vague and inconsistent. Baker said the law flips the burden of proof required in criminal cases from the prosecutor to the defendant.