After narrow 2024 loss, Missouri abortion opponents reorganize for 2026 vote

By: Anna Spoerre

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: March 30, 2026

Words: 1,583

Last Updated: 4 months ago

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Three months before Missourians narrowly voted to legalize abortion, a small group led by Tom Estes gathered in a living room and came up with a plan to rally voters against the amendment..

The effort that emerged — MO Protects — was improvised, underfunded and, by its own telling, forced to make up for a fractured statewide campaign with volunteer labor and little money.

That narrow defeat is now shaping a much more organized …

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