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Missouri’s Abortion Rights Amendment Fell Into the Fetal Viability Trap. Let’s Talk About It.
Jul 30, 2025 | By Imani Gandy in Rewire News Group
Featuring Pamela Merrit, MSFC Executive Director.
“I’m not asking for perfect. I’m asking for justice. I don’t think asking people to consider the needs of Black people, and poor people, and undocumented people, and people under the age of 18 is making ‘perfect’ the enemy of ‘good.’”
That’s what Pamela Merritt, executive director of Medical Students for Choice, told me in a recent interview…
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