Missouri Republicans Are Trying to Repeal Abortion Rights by Leaning Into Anti-Trans Sentiment
Republicans say the measure would restore a ban with limited exceptions and bar gender transition care for minors, while opponents warn it would erase 2024 rights.
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Exploiting Anti-Trans Fear, Missouri GOP Aims To Repeal Abortion Rights
Two years ago, abortion opponents in Missouri tried to defeat Amendment 3, a ballot initiative to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution, by falsely telling voters that it would allow gender transition surgeries for minors — even though it wouldn’t.Voters approved Amendment 3 anyway, overturning the near-total abortion ban enacted by Missouri’s GOP-dominated legislature that had taken effect after the U.S. Supreme Court struck do…
Missouri's Amendment 3 pairs a real abortion repeal with a symbolic trans-care ban, and 47% of voters would take the deal
The Direct Message Tension: Missouri voters restored abortion rights in 2024 by a narrow margin. The legislature is now attempting to reverse that vote by bundling it with an unrelated cultural issue that polls better. Noise: The gender transition care provisions in Amendment 3 are being discussed as if they represent substantive new policy. They largely duplicate restrictions already in Missouri statute through 2027. Direct Message: When a legi…
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