Reproductive and civil rights groups in Missouri, including Abortion Action Missouri, ACLU of Missouri, and Planned Parenthood affiliates in Kansas City and St. Louis, have launched a campaign to collect signatures for a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. This effort aims to challenge the strict abortion ban in Missouri and test public support for the procedure. The initiative is part of a broader trend of state-level movements to protect reproductive rights and could lead to a significant legal battle.
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State-level efforts to beat back reproductive rights restrictions continue: Missouri is the latest state where organizers have announced a drive to put the matter directly to voters. If successful, the ballot measure could undo the state's near-total abortion ban.
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Abortion-rights groups in Missouri kicked off a campaign on Thursday to establish a right to the procedure in the state constitution. It sets up the next big test of public support in a state that has enacted one of the strictest bans in the country. https://t.co/x9uWrRg9ps
Missouri abortion rights groups launch effort to place constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot https://t.co/xmmatf0Uqx via @nbcnews
Abortion rights advocates land on ballot measure to collect signatures on in Missouri https://t.co/kGahE1KhIt https://t.co/hm48zQ5rJp
A coalition of reproductive and civil rights groups have formally launched an effort to advance an amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the Missouri Constitution. https://t.co/istpyMjIEa
A Missouri ballot measure effort that would allow abortion until viability is kicking off signature-gathering efforts. Abortion Action Missouri, the ACLU of Missouri and Planned Parenthood affiliates in Kansas City and St. Louis are backing the measure. https://t.co/Pr6TPyH8rb