The ruling upended reproductive rights in Missouri just months after voters approved an amendment to protect abortion access.

The Missouri Supreme Court has temporarily blocked access to abortion in the state, despite a new amendment to the State Constitution, passed by voters, that ensures such access. The court’s ruling on Tuesday lifted an injunction by a circuit judge who had found that some state laws regulating abortion access could undermine the new amendment.

A Missouri Supreme Court decision cut off access to abortions in the state this week, throwing a new twist into the legal battle over a post-Roe ban that voters overturned in November. The big picture: The state's highest court ordered a judge to vacate a pair of orders that effectively froze enforcement of the near-total ban on the procedure.