Amendment 3Constitutional amendment · Put on the ballot by lawmakers
Abortion limits and minor care ban
Explain it like I'm 5
This would replace the abortion-rights rule Missouri voters approved in 2024 with stricter rules and a few exceptions. It would also ban gender transition procedures for people under 18.
Yes vote
Repealing the 2024 reproductive-rights amendment, allowing abortion only under listed exceptions, and prohibiting gender transition procedures for minors.
No vote
Keeping the 2024 reproductive-rights amendment and not adding the proposed constitutional ban on gender transition procedures for minors.
The question to ask yourself
Should Missouri replace the 2024 abortion protections with narrower exceptions and a constitutional ban on gender-transition procedures for minors?
The case for
- Supporters say it protects unborn life while retaining limited exceptions.
- It restores parental-consent requirements for minors' abortions.
- It places restrictions on minor gender-transition procedures in the constitution.
Backed by: Missouri Right to Life, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, Missouri Catholic Conference, Republican Party of Missouri, Gov. Mike Kehoe
The case against
- It repeals voter-approved abortion protections, including access before fetal viability.
- Opponents say the exceptions are too narrow for some medical or personal situations.
- It combines abortion policy with transgender-care policy in one vote.
Opposed by: Planned Parenthood, ACLU of Missouri, Abortion Action Missouri, Stop the Ban, Democratic Party of Missouri
- Money
- State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings, and the measure will not increase or decrease taxes.
- Don't be misled
- Calling it a total abortion ban is misleading because the proposal includes exceptions, but calling it only a minor-care measure is also misleading because its main effect is changing abortion rights.