. They applied a preamble that suggested that life began at conception and added pieces of restricted legislation to abortion. Missouri House and Senate overwhelmingly passed HB 1596. The Governor of Missouri signed it in to state law; however, the federal district court stopped the governor from enforcing it. RHCS, Planned Parenthood of Kansas City, and several others filed a class action lawsuit against the Attorney General of Missouri, William Webster. This was the first case to challenge Roe vs. Wade since it was established. At the Federal District Court, RHCS challenged 11 provisions of the 1986 Missouri Law and won them all. William Webster brought an appeal to the 8th Circuit Court in St. Louis where it accepted the lower courts ruling. It challenged the lower court on state's restrictions which they believed were constitutional inspite of the District Courts decision. Regardless, the state loss again. The courts were unwilling to approve additional abortion restrictions that were viewed as violating the provisions of the Supreme Courts 1973 landmark decision. As a result, the state court of Missouri petitioned the Supreme Court to hear their case. 1988, the State decided to focus their case around four provisions which were likely to win approval. The states position also received additional support when the Federal Government filed to join the court action lawsuit on their behalf. The Solicitor General submitted an Amicus Curiae Brief to the Supreme Court on behalf of the Federal Government. As the court met, the justices were aware of all the political protest on both sides. More people turned out to protest in Washington D.C. over the abortion issue than any other issue in U.S. history. On January 9 1989, the State received the votes of four Justices needed to bring the case to oral arguments. The Supreme Court upheld the decision with a vote of five to four to not over turn their previous decision. Accor...
