Abortion

Some Republicans think placing abortion legalization initiatives on the August 2024 ballot could deprive Democrats of a turnout jump compared to November.

A Missouri appeals court ruled that Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft's titles for six abortion-rights ballot issues were "replete with politically partisan language." Even though the proposed constitutional amendments cover all aspects of reproductive health care, Ashcroft's titles had a single-minded focus on abortion.

The Missouri Court of Appeals in Kansas City is weighing a pair of cases relating to a ballot initiative that would amend the Missouri Constitution to establish a right to abortion. The court is expected to rule soon.

The Missouri Women and Family Research Fund is suing over how six initiatives that would chip away at the state’s abortion ban are described.

Think Big America is set up as ‘dark money’ group, though the Illinois governor is its sole donor.

The Secretary of State would not say whether he intends to participate in oral arguments set for Oct. 30 before the Court of Appeals.

Vice President Kamala Harris was in St. Louis on Friday to speak to the Democratic National Committee’s fall meeting.

Two groups have wildly different ideas on a constitutional amendment regarding abortion access that could go on the ballot in Missouri during the 2024 election cycle.

Jean Peters Baker is named as a respondent in a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s near-total ban on abortion. She is asking the judge for permission to raise her own legal challenges to the law.

Circuit Judge Jon Beetem wrote that the summaries crafted by Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft were "argumentative" or unfairly biased against the abortion rights ballot initiatives, and ignored their protections for contraceptives.. Beetem rewrote each of the six ballot summaries himself.