Following Missouri voters’ narrow approval of a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights, GOP lawmakers are moving to undermine it.
Proposed measures include enshrining “personhood” at conception, tying abortion restrictions to bans on gender-affirming care, and adding barriers to constitutional amendments by requiring majorities in rural districts.
Critics say these efforts defy voter will and could complicate other reproductive technologies like IVF.
Meanwhile, legal challenges to Missouri’s near-total abortion ban are ongoing, with Planned Parenthood seeking to resume services in key cities.
The Republican push reflects broader conservative strategies to counter progressive ballot initiatives.
So the interesting difference is in MO it's a constitutional amendment. Same way weed was legalized.
That is not to say they won't do everything in their power to circumvent it (they will. The MO state government may be one of the most authoritarian and least representative in the country), but there's a lot more roadblocks in the way in MO than KS.