‘The move is patently political and plainly illegal,’ declared Attorney General Eric Schmitt, referring to St. Louis' use of taxpayer funds for out-of-state abortions.
The so-called ‘Pink House’ was Mississippi’s last remaining abortion facility. It became the catalyst for the rollback of Roe v. Wade after the Supreme Court agreed to take up the Dobbs case last year.
The junior United States senator for Texas stated that both the Roe and Obergefell cases 'ignored two centuries of our nation’s history. Marriage was always an issue that was left to the states.'