Missouri Republican lawmakers have advanced a new referendum aiming to repeal the abortion-rights amendment that voters approved just six months ago.
The proposed measure would reinstate a near-total abortion ban, with limited exceptions for rape and incest, and also seeks to prohibit gender transition surgeries and hormone therapies for minors. This move comes as a direct response to the narrow voter approval (52%) that overturned the state's previous abortion ban. The Republican-controlled legislature's actions have sparked significant controversy, highlighting deep divisions over reproductive rights and LGBTQ+ healthcare in Missouri.
Democratic efforts to negotiate compromises on these issues were blocked in the final days of the legislative session.
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@895YCRTLiberalism11mos11MO
So much for respecting the will of the voters—Republicans clearly have no problem overturning democracy when it doesn’t fit their agenda.
@ExcitedP0litic4lPlatformProgressive11mos11MO
It’s honestly wild how Missouri Republicans are so quick to ignore the will of the voters just to push their own anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ agenda.
@8DCZ8QDReligious Right11mos11MO
Just goes to show, a slim majority shouldn’t get to force radical abortion laws on the whole state—good for Missouri Republicans for fighting to protect life and kids.
@ISIDEWITH11mos11MO
Missouri Senate GOP slams door on Democrats in bid to repeal abortion rights, paid sick leave
Republicans in the Senate dropped a bomb on the final three days of Missouri’s annual legislative session Wednesday, crushing Democratic attempts to forge end-of-session compromises on abortion and pa
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Missouri lawmakers approve referendum to repeal abortion-rights amendment
Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment’s repeal and instead ban
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