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2024 Missouri Constitutional Amendment 3, also known as the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative, is a proposed 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] The amendment narrowly passed. [2]
On Wednesday, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt—one of the key people in charge of enforcing the state’s abortion ban—affirmed that Missouri law does not ban birth control.
Missouri abortion rights supporters hold a celebratory press conference outside the state Capitol after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that Amendment 3 can remain on the ballot.
An abortion ban with therapeutic exception was in place by 1900. Such laws were in place after the American Medical Association sought to criminalize abortion in 1857. By 2007, the state had a customary informed consent provision for abortions. By 2013, state Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) law applied to medication induced ...
By the end of the 1800s, all states in the Union except Louisiana had therapeutic exceptions in their legislative bans on abortions. [14] In the 19th century, bans by state legislatures on abortion were about protecting the life of the mother given the number of deaths caused by abortions; state governments saw themselves as looking out for the lives of their citizens.
Bailey listed five state statutes that he said will in-part be “unenforceable” under Amendment 3, which enshrined abortion rights in the Missouri Constitution.
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s move comes ahead of a scheduled state court hearing Wednesday. On eve of trans care restrictions, Missouri AG wants lawsuit moved to federal court Skip ...