By Leon Watson Women in Missouri will have to wait three days after first seeing a doctor before having an abortion under a new bill passed by the state's Republican-controlled Legislature. Democratic Governor Jay Nixon has not said whether he will sign into law or veto it. The measure would triple Missouri's current 24-hour waiting period and put the state in line with Utah and South Dakota as the only states to mandate a 72-hour time frame. Missouri's Democratic Governor Jay Nixon has not said whether he will sign into law or veto a state legislature bill that would require women to wait three days after first seeing a doctor before having an abortion
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State's Republican-controlled Legislature has given final approval
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But Democratic Governor has not said whether he will sign or veto it
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The measure would triple Missouri's current 24-hour waiting period
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Missouri currently has only one clinic performing elective abortions
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Senators passed the waiting period measure earlier this week after Democrats agreed to stop filibustering the bill in exchange for Republicans dropping other measures the @placeholder opposed, related to union fees and photo identification requirements for elections.