KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Abortion-rights advocates are asking a judge Wednesday to overturn Missouri’s near-total ban on the procedure, less than a month after voters backed an abortion-rights constitutional amendment.

State Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold) prefiled a proposed an anti-abortion amendment following the passage of Amendment 3. Members of the Missouri Legislature began prefiling bills on Dec. 1. According to a Tuesday press release,

A Cole County judge issued two decisions on different parts of a 2022 law passed by the Republican-controlled Missouri General Assembly.

Rep. Justin Sparks filed a resolution Monday that would go before voters, asking them to block the right to an abortion.

Missouri's Republican attorney general says he still considers it illegal to provide abortions after fetal viability, despite a newly approved state abortion rights amendment.

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Missouri’s Republican attorney general says he still considers it illegal to provide abortions after fetal viability, despite a newly approved state abortion rights amendment

Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem upheld a law that requires voters to present government-issued photo identification for voting.

That choice became murkier on June 24, 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion and Missouri became the first state to enact a trigger law banning the procedure except in cases of medical emergencies.

Young Republicans are likely to find work. Democrats? Not so much. The state attorney general may require a wholesale strategy change. And tariffs may have outsize effects in Missouri.

Despite swings in the final vote tally, Missouri voters backed sports betting. It will be 2025 before bets are placed, however.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A law requiring Missouri voters to show government-issued photo identification to cast regular ballots will stand after a lower-court judge found it constitutional Tuesday.