Missouri Judge Strikes Down Ballot Summary for Anti-Abortion Measure Backed by Republican Lawmakers

Judge orders revisions to ballot language for Missouri abortion ban proposal

The Cole County Courthouse in Jefferson City (Tessa Weinberg/Missouri Independent).The Republican plan to ban most abortions in Missouri can go before voters next year but the ballot title must plainly say its intent, a Cole County judge ruled Friday. The decision from Circuit Judge Daniel Green concluded that lawmakers properly combined bans on gender-affirming treatments for minors with reproductive rights in the proposed constitutional amendm…

Cole County judge strikes down language in 2026 reproductive rights ballot issue

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge on Friday ruled that language for a measure placed on the November 2026 ballot by Republican legislators was unconstitutional, ordering the state to go back to the drawing board. Judge Daniel Green ruled in favor of Anna Fitz-James in her lawsuit against Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, Senate President Pro Tem Cindy O'Laughlin, House Speaker Jonathan Patterson and Moberly-area Sen. Ed Lewis. Fitz-…

Missouri judge strikes down ballot summary for anti-abortion measure backed by Republican lawmakers

A Missouri judge has struck down ballot summary for an anti-abortion amendment backed by Republican state lawmakers.

Missouri ballot measure banning abortions ‘unfair’ and must be rewritten, judge rules

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri judge on Friday found the language of a Republican-led ballot measure that would ban most abortions unfair and ordered the state’s top election official to rewrite it.

Judge orders ballot summary, fair ballot language rewritten for amendment to ban abortion again

A Cole County circuit judge ruled Friday that the ballot summary and fair ballot language for HJR 73 were insufficient and unfair. The measure could ban abortion again in Missouri.