Rep. Deb Lavender called for an override of a $2.5 million cut to a program that investigates seniors’ complaints of abuse and neglect in nursing homes.
The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether an abortion-rights amendment will go before the state's voters this year.
The Missouri Supreme Court rejected a bid on Tuesday to throw out a question on the ballot in November that will ask voters whether to establish a right to abortion in the state Constitution.
If passed in November by Missouri voters, the initiative would enshrine the right to an abortion in the state’s constitution.
Abortion rights ballot measures​ in Nebraska and Missouri are facing legal challenges ahead of looming ballot certification deadlines.
An amendment to restore abortion rights in Missouri will be on the ballot, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Missouri voters will decide on Nov. 5 whether to overturn the state’s abortion ban after the state Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared away a final effort by anti-abortion activists to block a vote on a landmark proposal enshrining a right to abortion in the state constitution.
Missouri's top court on Tuesday ruled that a proposed abortion rights amendment to the state constitution will appear on the ballot in November, allowing voters to decide whether to restore legal abortion in Missouri for the first time in over two years.
Missouri residents will have abortion on the ballot after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Amendment 3 should be included in the November election.
The Missouri Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment, or Amendment 3, will be on Missouri's Nov. 5 ballot this year. The proposal recently defeated a court challenge by anti-abortion opponents. Video
Reproductive rights advocates in Missouri have beaten back a last-ditch effort by Republican officials to stop voters from having their say on abortion in November. On Tuesday afternoon, the Missouri Supreme Court ordered that a proposed amendment to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution will remain on this year’s ballot.
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