Abortion

Former Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and Republican attorneys general from Kansas and Idaho intervened in a case aimed at challenging the safety of mifepristone. After the U.S. Supreme Court said that anti-abortion groups couldn’t sue, Missouri became the lead plaintiff.

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins will have to rewrite the ballot summary for a proposed constitutional amendment a third time, because the judge ruled that it "fails to adequately alert voters" that the measure would ban abortion.

A judge ordered a rewrite of ballot language approved by lawmakers because it failed to mention the amendment would repeal abortion rights.

Cole County Judge Daniel Green ordered a new ballot summary on a measure to repeal Amendment 3.

A proposed amendment written by Missouri Republican lawmakers would repeal the reproductive rights measure passed by voters last year — but makes no mention that it would ban abortion. The ACLU of Missouri argues the proposal violates the state constitution and misleads voters.

“I think that we should celebrate this injunction, but we should continue to be vigilant,” said Planned Parenthood Great Rivers Chief Medical Officer Margaret Baum.

The suit, filed in Cole County Circuit Court, rests on claims Planned Parenthood has made about the drug mifepristone.

Planned Parenthood Great Rivers Medical Director Margaret Baum said Tuesday the clinic had opened its books for patients to make abortion appointments starting next week.

A Jackson County judge has again ruled that Missouri's abortion restrictions cannot be enforced under Amendment 3. Attorney General Andrew Bailey says he will appeal the ruling.

Senate Minority Leader Doug Beck leads the 10-person Democratic caucus in the Missouri Senate.