Missouri voters reject Amendment 3, preserving abortion rights approved in 2024

By: Anna Spoerre

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: November 4, 2026

Words: 1,002

Last Updated: 5 days, 16 hours ago

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Two years after becoming the first state to overturn an abortion ban at the ballot box, Missouri voters rejected an attempt Tuesday to reinstate the ban, instead preserving the reproductive rights protections they approved in 2024.

The defeat of Amendment 3, which won only 44% of the vote, leaves in place a constitutional right to abortion up to the point of fetal viability and rejects an effort by Republican lawmakers to reverse the …

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