Yes on 3, Again: Missouri’s Abortion Ban in Disguise

Missouri Republicans want abortion rights out of the state constitution—so they wrote an amendment that restricts abortion and allows the legislature to put up more barriers to care, and are selling it to voters as a list of times abortion would be allowed. Cheeky. It took two courts and four drafts to get a ballot summary that says what Amendment 3 does: repeals the abortion rights voters approved in 2024. Imani Gandy explains the chaos Republicans sowed to hide the true purpose of Amendment 3 from voters, and the anti-trans ballot candy they tossed in as a treat.

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