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2024 Missouri Constitutional Amendment 3, also known as the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative, was a constitutional amendment that appeared on the ballot on November 5, 2024. The initiative amended the Constitution of Missouri to legalize abortion in Missouri until fetal viability. [1]
There was an eight percent decline in the abortion rate in Missouri between 2014 and 2017, from 4.4 to 4.0 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. From 2022 to 2024, abortions were only legal in cases of medical emergencies, with several additional laws designed to make accessing abortion services difficult.
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 ...
The passage of Amendment 3 marks the first time that voters have overturned an abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest in the current post-Roe v. Wade landscape.
The amendment would restore abortion access for the first time since the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal right to abortion in 2022 while going further, creating an overall right to ...
The Missouri Supreme Court takes the bench on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 in Jefferson City to hear a case questioning whether an amendment to overturn the states abortion ban will remain on the ...
The measure, which proposes a right to abortion in Missouri until fetal viability, will likely appear on the November ballot for voters after organizers submitted more than 250,000 petition ...
Missouri voters approved a ballot ... which ended a national right to abortion and tossed legal questions around the procedure back to the states. The state’s current law is considered one of ...