Missouri Supreme Court Rules Abortion Measure Will Remain on November Ballot

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled on Sept. 10 that a measure to repeal the state’s abortion ban will be allowed on the Nov. 5 ballot. The initiative, Amendment 3, would repeal current Missouri laws that prohibit abortions except in cases of medical emergency. The measure states that the government cannot “deny or infringe” upon a person’s reproductive decisions, including abortion or contraception. The ruling reversed a Cole County judge’s Sept. 6 decision to block the measure on the grounds that it did not explain which statutes would be repealed if it passed. The previous ruling said it violated a state law that says a petition must “include all sections of existing law or of the constitution which would be repealed by the measure.”...