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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Summer Ballentine

Missouri appeals court rules against ballot summary language that described 'dangerous' abortions

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A Missouri appeals court ruled Tuesday against Republican-written summaries of abortion-rights ballot measures that described several proposed amendments as allowing “dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth.”

A three-judge panel of the Western District Court of Appeals found the summaries written by Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, who is running for governor in 2024, are politically partisan.

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