Missouri voters rejected a ballot measure that would have reinstated a near‑total abortion ban, preserving the state’s reproductive freedom amendment that was adopted in 2024. The measure, which had been narrowly rejected, would have reversed the earlier decision that removed the ban. The vote marks Missouri as the first state to use a ballot initiative to overturn a near‑total abortion ban. The outcome reflects ongoing debate over abortion rights in the state.
Missouri voted to protect abortion access Tuesday, Decision Desk HQ projects, narrowly rejecting a ballot measure that would have reinstated a near-total abortion ban just two years after it was overturned. Missouri in 2024 became the first state to use a ballot measure to overturn a near-total abortion ban and put a reproductive freedom amendment...
