Missouri election results: AP calls 'yes' on abortion, mixed results for other amendments
Missouri Amendment 3 has passed, the Associated Press has declared, enshrining abortion rights in Missouri's Constitution. Other ballot issues also appeared headed toward passage, including sports betting and an increase in the state's minimum wage.
Missouri overturns abortion ban as voters approve a core right to reproductive freedom
The passage of an amendment to the Missouri Constitution called Amendment 3 once again legalizes abortion in Missouri two years after state officials swiftly imposed a ban moments after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal right to end a ...
Abortion-rights amendment leads as first votes tallied in Missouri
If approved, the constitutional amendment will take effect Dec. 6. After that, expect lawsuits to overturn the state’s current abortion restrictions.
Missouri voters back amendment to end abortion ban
This piece originally appeared as part of NPR's live coverage of the 2024 election. For more election coverage from the NPR Network head to our live updates page. ST. LOUIS – Missourians voted to legalize abortion up until fetal viability and override ...
Missouri Voters Enshrine Abortion Access in 2024 Election
Abortion rights have been a major issue in the 2022 midterm election and this year's election after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the summer of 2022, which ended the U.S. constitutional right to abortion and left the issue up to the states.
Missourians pass Amendment 3, legalizing abortion up to fetal viability
Amendment 3 places language in the Missouri Constitution legalizing abortion up to fetal viability, which is usually around 24 weeks. Now that the amendment passed, abortion rights proponents plan to file lawsuits to strike down the state’s near-total ban.
Voters approve Missouri Amendment 3, overturning state’s abortion ban, AP projects
Missouri voters have approved Missouri Amendment 3, overturning the state's abortion ban, the Associated Press projects.
Activists sound alarm on Missouri abortion amendment: ‘Infinitely more than abortion’
Missouri pro-life activists and leaders sound the alarm about a sweeping abortion amendment they say will "go way beyond abortion" and enshrine transgender surgeries on children.
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Missouri Amendment 3 on abortion is too broad and vague. Vote no on Nov. 5 | Opinion
Exactly what is “needed to protect the life or physical or mental health” isn’t well enough defined, writes this Clay County mother. | Opinion
Abortion rights advocates win in 4 states and clear way to overturn Missouri ban but lose in Florida
Voters in Missouri cleared the way to undo one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans in one of four victories for abortion rights advocates, while Florida and South Dakota defeated similar constitutional amendments,
Missouri voters to decide whether to legalize abortion in a state with a near-total ban
Missouri voters will decide Tuesday whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution and undo a near-total ban on the procedure. The measure would guarantee people's right to make decisions about their reproductive health,
Abortion is once again legal in Missouri. Here's what people are saying about it
The Associated Press projected passage of Amendment 3, an amendment that will enshrine abortion-rights protections in ...
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Missouri Pulls Off a Massive Win on Abortion Rights
Missouri overturned a total abortion ban Tuesday, with the majority of the state voting to enshrine abortion ...
Live updates as Amendment 3 passes in Missouri; Kehoe wins governor race
Cancel anytime. Mallory Schwarz, executive director of Abortion Access MO, speaks to supporters to celebrate the passage of ...