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Maya Yang

Judge rules Missouri ballot measure to protect abortion rights is invalid

Abortion rights protesters gather with signs.
People rally in support of abortion rights in 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri. Photograph: Charlie Riedel/AP

A Missouri judge has ruled that a ballot measure asking voters whether abortion rights should be enshrined in the state constitution is invalid, potentially jeopardizing an election scheduled for November.

In a ruling issued on Friday, Cole county circuit judge Christopher Limbaugh said that the reproductive rights petition – also known as amendment 3 – led by Missourians for Constitutional Freedom did not comply with state law.

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