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Missourians reject ballot proposal that would have re-imposed an abortion ban
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Podcast → reject → country
Missouri voters defeated a proposal to ban abortion, according to a race call by the Associated Press.
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voters → defeat → Press
It reaffirms the vote they took in 2024 that lifted one of the country's strictest abortion bans.
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that → reaffirm → bans
The proposal had been placed on the ballot by the Republican-led legislature and it would have banned abortion except in the case or rape and incest for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy or longer for fetal anomalies.
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it → place → anomalies
It maintains the state's current law, allowing abortion until fetal viability, though there are restrictions on how they're performed.
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they → maintain → viability
Missouri is one of four states that had abortion on the ballot.
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that → have → ballot
Since the Supreme Court struck down federal protections for abortion rights in 2022, abortion law has become a state-by-state patchwork across the country.
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law → strike → country
The defeat also sent a message of voter support for transgender rights.
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defeat → send → rights
After losing on an abortion ban two years ago, abortion opponents coupled this proposal in a single question with a ban on puberty blockers, hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery for minors.
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opponents → lose → minors
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Prominent Republican leaders, including Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe, raised money and campaigned to pass the abortion ban.
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leaders → load → ban
But many of the ads supporting the proposal didn't mention abortion but focused on the gender affirming care ban.
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many → support → ban
Opponents of abortion rights defended the strategy, contending that part of the initiative was popular with voters.
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part → defend → voters
"I think that the abortion issue is much closer to a 50/50 issue in the state, as is evidenced by what happened in 2024," Republican state Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick had said.
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Fitzpatrick → think → 2024
Abortion rights proponents saw the focus on gender affirming care as an attempt at misdirection.
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proponents → see → misdirection
They also pointed out that gender affirming care for minors is already banned in Missouri through statute, though the prohibitions on puberty blockers and hormone therapy expire in 2027.
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prohibitions → point → 2027
The campaign committee angling to defeat the proposal, called Amendment 3, also had a monetary advantage.
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committee → angle → advantage
It received more than $26 million in donations of $5,000 or more since the beginning of the year, compared to around $6.7 million worth of large donations for the campaign trying to pass the abortion ban.
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It → receive → ban
Jason Rosenbaum covers politics for St. Louis Public Radio.
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