Abortion clinics have resumed service in Missouri after voters opted to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution and a federal judge temporarily blocked restrictions that had lingered after the election.

Abortion providers in the state worry the restoration of access could soon be undone, however, given the breadth of anti-abortion bills being considered by the state legislature.

“I’m happy and optimistic but in the back of my mind I do worry,” said Margaret Baum, chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood Great Rivers, one of two abortion providers in the state outside of hospitals. “Are we going to go backwards again?”

Republican lawmakers in Missouri introduced a slew of bills aimed at weakening or getting rid of the state's newabortion protections at the beginning of the state legislative session in January. Those bills include two proposed constitutional amendments, the first of whichwould outlaw the procedure except in medical emergencies and in cases with fetal........

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