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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

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.

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

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.

In November, Missourians will be asked whether they want to repeal the abortion rights amendment they approved in 2024 and reinstate an abortion ban. Unions and reproductive rights groups already worked together to defeat Amendments 4 and 5 in the August election.

Planned Parenthood clinics in Kansas City, Columbia and St. Louis restarted procedural abortions in 2025. All four clinics, along with the Planned Parenthood in Gladstone, also offer medication abortion.

After landslide losses for Amendments 4 and 5, the governor is backing a high-stakes abortion measure this fall.

The Stop the Ban campaign has raised more than $6.5 million. The leading political action committee on the other side, called Her Health, Her Future PAC, has raised just over $1 million as of last week.