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A longtime GOP operative who calls Missouri’s current abortion law "radical" is moving forward with a ballot initiative that would make the procedure legal up to 12 weeks. At the same time, groups pushing for more expansive abortion rights amendments still haven't settled on which proposal they'll try to get on the ballot.
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The Missouri Court of Appeals provided ballot summaries for Missourians for Constitutional Freedom that were much more favorable than what Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wrote.
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The Missouri Secretary of State's language for reproductive rights ballot issues has been savaged by two courts, most recently when the Western District Court of Appeals unanimously ruled his summaries are “replete with politically partisan language." Ashcroft called the lower court decisions "inappropriate."
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After voters in Ohio on Nov. 7 approved an amendment that enshrined the right to an abortion into their state constitution, reproductive rights advocates in Missouri are working to follow suit.
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Three years after the Missouri Supreme Court overwhelmingly ruled that the Missouri legislature must pay Planned Parenthood for treating Medicaid patients, the issue is back before the high court because lawmakers again attempted to strip the organization's funding.
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Missouri is one of at least 11 states considering abortion-related ballot measures for next year, part of the wave of such actions since the Supreme Court undid Roe v. Wade. If Missouri’s abortion ban is indeed rolled back, it would mark the fourth time since 2018 that the state’s voters rebuked their GOP leaders.
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Some Republicans think placing abortion legalization initiatives on the August 2024 ballot could deprive Democrats of a turnout boost, compared to November. But if it's in the August election, the abortion rights measures may need a lower threshold to pass.
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The Missouri Court of Appeals in Kansas City is weighing a pair of cases relating to a ballot initiative that would amend the Missouri Constitution to establish a right to abortion. The court is expected to rule soon.
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After the Missouri legislature voted to block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid reimbursements last year, Planned Parenthood sued. A judge concluded it was unconstitutional for the state to deny access to funds available to other health care providers, but the attorney general's office is appealing.
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As pro-choice advocates push for more reproductive rights, Republicans in Missouri and Ohio are undertaking attempts to thwart those efforts.
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States like Missouri that passed abortion bans after the reversal of Roe v. Wade are seeing a drop in applicants for OB-GYN residencies.
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When a woman and her unborn son were killed in the course of her Missouri Department of Transportation job, her family sued for wrongful death — but the department argued they're shielded from liability becauseher fetus counts as an employee.