Missouri abortion rights

Abortion rights won big on ballot in Ohio, but advocates remain divided in Missouri

November 22, 2023 | By Anna Spoerre, Missouri Independent

Missouri could be the first state with a near-total abortion ban to use the initiative petition process to restore access. But time is running short, with a May deadline to collect enough signatures looming and court battles over ballot summaries still plodding along. And while voters in Ohio became just the latest to overwhelmingly back abortion rights on…

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Appeals court swats down Ashcroft arguments on Missouri abortion rights petitions

November 3, 2023 | By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wrote ballot titles for six proposals to restore abortion rights that were “replete with politically partisan language,” a Missouri appeals court unanimously ruled Tuesday. In an expedited decision issued a day after hearing arguments, a three-judge panel of the Western District Court of Appeals upheld, with only minor revisions, the revised ballot…

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