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If approved by a majority of voters in November, Amendment 3 would overturn Missouri's 2024 reproductive-rights amendment and effectively ban abortion again. An effort to "Stop The Ban" has raised nearly $26 million.

With Kansas and Missouri elections just three weeks away, KCUR’s series “What’s the deal, KC?” is answering common questions from voters about the candidates and issues on their ballot. We’ll explain how to find your Congressional district, where to learn about judges up for retention, and what an abortion ban amendment has to do with transgender healthcare. Text your questions to 816-601-4777.

In one of the state’s few competitive Senate races, the candidates draw contrasts over public schools, taxes and abortion.

Amendment 3 supporters are emphasizing restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors — even though Missouri already bans most of it — as they seek to overturn the abortion rights that voters approved in 2024.

With a statewide vote on the line and national fights around mifepristone, the Missouri Abortion Fund has launched a campaign to remind Missourians they "always have options."

Some conservatives argue the abortion restrictions in Missouri Amendment 3 don’t go far enough, a split that could matter in a race that recent polling shows is essentially tied

Missouri is the only state voting this year on removing abortion protections already on the books.

If approved by voters on Nov. 3, Missouri Amendment 3 would repeal abortion rights guaranteed in the state Constitution. It also would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth — something that's already prohibited by state law.

The campaign to keep Missouri’s abortion rights amendment in place has so far outfundraised the campaign to reinstate a ban about 7 to 1, in part because of $5.3 million from the Fairness Project, a D.C.-based nonprofit that doesn’t have to disclose its donors.

If passed, Amendment 3 would repeal the abortion rights amendment enshrined in the Missouri Constitution in 2024. It would also add a constitutional ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the state.

Hawley said his main worries were personal privacy and that people have the right to be treated as innocent until proven guilty.

The statewide television and radio spot was developed with help from an anti-abortion medical group and will air through Sept. 30. It references a recent judge's ruling that struck down dozens of challenged abortion regulations as unconstitutional.