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Missouri Supreme Court expected to make final decision regarding abortion access on the November ballot

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JEFFERSON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court to make a final decision regarding abortion access on the November ballot Tuesday. The State Supreme Court will hear arguments after abortions rights advocates filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of State's Office regarding the wording on the ballot…

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  1. Judge considers bumping abortion-rights measure off Missouri ballot

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  1. The Republic

    Judge considers bumping abortion-rights measure off Missouri ballot (opens The Republic)

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    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge faces a Tuesday deadline to decide whether to take the rare step of pulling an abortion-rights amendment off the state’s November ballot. Lawyers for abortion opponents during a Friday bench trial asked Cole County Associate Circuit Judge Christopher Limba…

  2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Advocates seek rewrite of Missouri abortion-rights ballot measure language (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    A Missouri judge is set to rule on whether it

  3. NBC News

    Missouri abortion-rights amendment could be axed from the ballot after ruling (opens NBC News)

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    A Missouri judge on Friday ruled that an abortion-rights campaign did not meet legal requirements to qualify for the November ballot, potentially thwarting a yearslong effort to undo the state’s near-total abortion ban.

  4. The Guardian

    Judge rules Missouri ballot measure to protect abortion rights is invalid (opens The Guardian)

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    Ruling, which may be reviewed by appellate court, could strike reproductive rights measure off November ballot

  5. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Missouri Supreme Court to decide whether abortion question remains on Nov. 5 ballot (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    A ruling Friday by Cole County Circuit Judge Christopher Limbaugh put the measure in question.

  6. New York Times

    Missouri Judge Rules That Abortion Ballot Measure Is Invalid (opens New York Times)

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    But abortion rights groups hope an appeals court will reverse the ruling before the Tuesday deadline to print the state ballots.

  7. RedState

  8. Truthout

    Missouri Judge Rules Abortion Rights Ballot Initiative Invalid (opens Truthout)

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    The future of Amendment 3, which would overturn the state’s near-total abortion ban, is now uncertain.

  9. Washington Examiner

    Missouri abortion ballot measure in jeopardy after court ruling (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Ballot measures on abortion will appear before voters in various states in November, but in Missouri the qualified measure could be booted from the ballot before Election Day.

  10. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Jones and Page urge Missouri Supreme Court to keep abortion rights on the Nov. 5 ballot (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    The court is working against a 5 p.m. Tuesday deadline to finalize ballots for the November election.

  11. The Hill

    Missouri judge’s ruling throws last-minute curveball in abortion ballot fight (opens The Hill)

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    The fate of an abortion rights amendment in Missouri will be in the hands of the state supreme court on Tuesday, after a judge late Friday ruled the amendment violated state law. The ruling from Cole County Circuit Judge Christopher Limbaugh was a last-minute curveball that has suddenly thrown into …

  12. New York Post

    Measure to restore abortion rights will be on Missouri’s ballot in November, court rules (opens New York Post)

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    An amendment to restore abortion rights in Missouri will be on the ballot, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

  13. The Daily Caller

    Red State Supreme Court Rules Abortion Amendment Can Go Before Voters After Contentious Legal Battle (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Missouri Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the abortion amendment can show up on the November ballot.

  14. Washington Times

    Missouri Supreme Court to decide whether an abortion-rights amendment goes before voters (opens Washington Times)

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    Missouri's Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday over whether an abortion-rights amendment should go before voters this year.

  15. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Missouri Supreme Court expected to make final decision regarding abortion access on the November ballot (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    JEFFERSON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court to make a final decision regarding abortion access on the November ballot Tuesday. The State Supreme Court will hear arguments after abortions rights advocates filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of State's Office regarding the wording on the ballot…

  16. NBC News

    Missouri abortion-rights amendment will appear on the ballot, state Supreme Court rules (opens NBC News)

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    The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that an amendment that would enshrine abortion access in the state's constitution can appear on the general election ballot.

  17. WMUR

    Abortion-rights measure will be on Missouri's November ballot (opens WMUR)

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    The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that an abortion-rights measure will be on the state's November ballot.

  18. KOB 4

    Missouri high court rules a measure to restore abortion rights will be on the ballot, despite Republican opposition (opens KOB 4)

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    Missouri high court rules a measure to restore abortion rights will be on the ballot, despite Republican opposition.

  19. The New Republic

    Missouri Court Shuts Down GOP’s Diabolic Attack on Abortion Ballot (opens The New Republic)

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    The Missouri Supreme Court has just dismissed Republicans’ attempt to curb democracy this election.

  20. Mother Jones

    Missouri Officials Tried Everything to Keep Abortion Off the Ballot. They Just Lost. (opens Mother Jones)

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    An 11th-hour decision gives voters the chance overturn the state's near-total abortion ban in November.

  21. The Hill

    Missouri Supreme Court will allow abortion amendment on the ballot (opens The Hill)

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    Voters in Missouri will be able to vote on an amendment to protect abortion access, after the state Supreme Court overturned a lower court’s ruling Tuesday that would have removed it from the ballot. The decision came just hours before the state’s absentee ballots are set to be printed.

  22. Arkansas Times

    Missouri Supreme Court, unlike Arkansas’s, allows abortion rights amendment to proceed to ballot (opens Arkansas Times)

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    Missourians will be able to vote in November on whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution thanks to a ruling from the state’s Supreme Court today.

  23. Triblive

    Abortion-rights measure will be on Missouri's November ballot, court rules (opens Triblive)

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    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — An amendment to restore abortion rights in Missouri will be on the ballot, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution is expected to widely undo the state’s 2022 near-total abortion ban if passed.

  24. Truthout

    3 Missouri Mayors Urge State Supreme Court to Allow Abortion Rights Measure Vote (opens Truthout)

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    The state Supreme Court is set to decide on Tuesday whether the measure will be included on the November ballot.

  25. The Hill

    Missouri abortion measure invalid, judge rules (opens The Hill)

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    Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Missouri judge rules abortion ballot measure invalid A ballot initiative in Missouri that would overturn the state’s near-total abortion ban ran into a roadblock Friday after a judge agreed with anti-abortion opponen…

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