{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-188.205","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 188.205","heading":"Use of public funds prohibited, when.","body":"It shall be unlawful for any public funds to be expended for the purpose of performing or assisting an abortion, not necessary to save the life of the mother, or for the purpose of encouraging or counseling a woman to have an abortion not necessary to save her life.","path":["Title XII - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=188.205","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:25Z","sha256":"d0117ff0ab68c33ca80f70b4344f3ddaa9d6e666dc9ed738caf2df6c0207d42e","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-188.200","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-188.207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}