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Missouri Amendment 3 would change abortion protections and transgender care restrictions

Headline from KBSI Cape Girardeau

MISSOURI, (KBSI) – Missouri voters will face a major decision this November as a proposed constitutional amendment could change the state’s abortion laws and restrictions on gender transition procedures for minors.

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  1. ABC News

    Abortion is on the ballot in Missouri again. Here's what to know about Amendment 3 (opens ABC News)

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    Just two years after Missouri voters approved an amendment enshrining the right to abortion care in the state constitution, abortion is on the ballot again.

  2. KBSI Cape Girardeau

    Missouri Amendment 3: What voters need to know before Election Day (opens KBSI Cape Girardeau)

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    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KBSI) – Missouri voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to repeal the state’s constitutional protections for abortion access and establish new restrictions on abortion and gender-transition procedures for minors.

  3. Governing

    Missouri could be the first state to overturn voter-approved abortion protections (opens Governing)

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    Just two years after voters overturned a near-total abortion ban, a new ballot measure could reinstate sweeping restrictions and establish a national precedent.

  4. KBSI Cape Girardeau

    Missouri Amendment 3 would change abortion protections and transgender care restrictions (opens KBSI Cape Girardeau)

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    MISSOURI, (KBSI) – Missouri voters will face a major decision this November as a proposed constitutional amendment could change the state’s abortion laws and restrictions on gender transition procedures for minors.

  5. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Missouri's Amendment 3 is about abortion, but supporters lean into transgender issue too (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    Gender transition procedures for minors are highlighted on billboards and in TV commercials. But the most consequential provision would bring back broad abortion limits to Missouri.

  6. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Opinion: Amendment 3 is Missouri's second opportunity to protect life (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    On Tuesday, the citizens of Missouri will be given yet another chance to decide on the highly-controversial question of abortion.