Missouri voted to codify abortion rights into the state’s constitution in 2024, but anti-abortion advocates are trying a new strategy to undo it: tying another anti-abortion ballot measure to one that also bans gender-affirming care for minors.
The abortion rights amendment passed with 51.6% of the vote in 2024 — a number so close that anti-abortion leaders believe they can change the outcome this time around, particularly with the anti-trans language attached. (Missouri already bans gender-affirming care for trans youth under state law.)
“It’s good politics,” said Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley.