With Amendment 3 set to take effect Thursday, Bailey is arguing in court that while the measure will render the state’s near-total ban on abortion unenforceable, it will not immediately overturn a series of other laws challenged by Planned Parenthood affiliates. . He is asking Jackson County Judge Jerri Zhang not to block those laws at a hearing Wednesday.

“The only remaining laws and regulations at issue are those that merely regulate abortion providers but do not prohibit abortion,” Bailey’s office wrote in court filings. “This court can easily decide these disputes on a regular schedule, not at breakneck speed. »

The regulations Bailey’s office is referring to include a 72-hour waiting period, requiring doctors to have hospital admitting privileges to perform abortions, and a series of regulations for medical clinics. ‘abortion. Bailey is also trying to stop Zhang from blocking laws banning telemedicine for abortion care and providing criminal penalties for abortion clinics.