The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether an abortion-rights amendment will go before the state's voters this year.

If passed in November by Missouri voters, the initiative would enshrine the right to an abortion in the state’s constitution.

The court ruled hours before the state’s deadline for printing ballots for absentee voters, reversing the secretary of state who had invalidated the measure weeks after certifying it.

Abortion rights ballot measures​ in Nebraska and Missouri are facing legal challenges ahead of looming ballot certification deadlines.

Hoskins has supported hand counting for some time; he prefiled legislation in December 2023 to require hand counting. The bill never advanced as Hoskins and other members of the Missouri Freedom Caucus, a faction of hard-right senators, clashed with Republican leaders.

Missouri's top court on Tuesday ruled that a proposed abortion rights amendment to the state constitution will appear on the ballot in November. The decision will allow voters to decide whether to restore legal abortion in Missouri for the first time in more than two years.

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.

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

A measure undoing Missouri’s near-total abortion ban will appear on the ballot in November, the state’s high court ruled Tuesday, marking the latest victory in a nationwide fight to have voters weigh in on abortion laws since federal rights to the procedure ended in 2022.

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.