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Churches are mobilizing voters ahead of the Nov. 3 election, with faith leaders divided over whether religious beliefs should guide abortion laws or protect individual choice. Amendment 3 would reinstate an abortion ban in Missouri.

The campaign to defend access to transgender healthcare for young people in Missouri is taking an unhurried approach to talking with voters about the proposed ban. Amendment 3 would also restrict abortion again in the state.

Early voting is underway in Kansas and Missouri before the Nov. 3 election. KCUR’s series “What’s the Deal, KC?” is here to answer your questions about the abortion and transgender care ban, how redistricting is affecting Missouri and more. Text your questions to 816-601-4777.

Amendment 3 on Missouri's November ballot doesn't just reverse the 2024 abortion rights amendment passed by voters. It also would place within the state constitution a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

In the Nov. 3 election, Missouri voters can weigh in on Amendments 3, 6, 7 and 8, and Proposition A. The measures include an abortion ban, a referendum on a redrawn congressional map and protections to voter-proposed ballot measures.

Supporters say the proposed ban protects women facing medical emergencies and survivors of sexual assault. Critics question whether those protections would work in practice.

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.

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.

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.