Get the Facts on Amendment 3
On November 3, Missourians will vote on Amendment 3, a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban abortion and limit reproductive health care access in Missouri.
Voting “Yes” on Amendment 3 would:
Ban abortion in Missouri in nearly all cases, even in emergency situations.
Overturn Missourians’ votes that passed the Reproductive Freedom Amendment in 2024.
Take healthcare decisions away from patients, families, and doctors, and put them in the hands of politicians and lawyers.
Open the door for doctors and patients to be criminalized and sent to jail for essential reproductive health care – even in potentially life-threatening situations like hemorrhaging, dangerously high blood pressure, or cancer.
Voting “No” on Amendment 3 would:
Stop the near-total abortion ban from being permanently added to the Missouri constitution
Maintain the amendment approved by Missourians in 2024, which protects access to safe and legal abortion care, prenatal care, labor and delivery, postpartum care, birth control, miscarriage care, and respectful birthing conditions.
Ensure personal health care decisions in Missouri can be made by patients, families, and doctors, not politicians and lawyers.
Read more about the anti-abortion Amendment 3 and what’s at stake in November
The Kansas City Star reports that Amendment 3:
Is “a new attempt to ban nearly all abortions in the state.”
“will ultimately decide whether abortion can remain legal in Missouri.”
“would completely strike down the language of the 2024 abortion rights amendment”
Ban abortion except for “only a few rare instances.”
“also purports to ban gender-affirming care for minors, even though that health care is already illegal under state law.”
“faces sharp criticism for tying abortion rights to transgender health care … as an attempt to confuse voters into banning access to abortion.”
Kansas City network KCTV reports that:
“Missouri politicians…ban[ned] abortion within 20 minutes of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned the limited federal abortion protections of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.”
“Missouri became the first state to end an abortion ban by a vote of the people in 2024 and established the Right to Reproductive Freedom in the state constitution.”
“This year will mark the second time Missourians vote on abortion. In November, Missourians will once again vote on abortion on the new Amendment Three. A “yes” vote is to ban abortions.”
DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH.
Get the facts here about what’s at stake before you vote on Amendment 3
The Current Law
What is the current law on abortion in Missouri?
Missourians voted to end the abortion ban in 2024. Right now in Missouri abortion care is legal and Missourians can make their own decisions with their own families, doctors, and faith.
What is the current law on health care for transgender youth in Missouri?
Politicians banned trans health care for transgender youth in Missouri in 2023. That ban will remain in place no matter the outcome of the vote on this amendment in November, and politicians can extend that ban after this election no matter how we vote.
The Proposed Amendment
On Amendment 3, what does a yes vote do? What does a no vote do?
A yes vote bans abortion again in nearly all cases and overturns Missourians’ votes in 2024.
A no vote keeps abortion legal in Missouri.
If Amendment 3 passes, abortion in Missouri would be banned in nearly all cases.
Health care decisions would be taken away from patients, families, and doctors, and put in the hands of politicians and lawyers.
And passing Amendment 3 would open the door for providers and patients to be sent to jail for essential reproductive health care – even in potentially life-threatening situations like hemorrhaging, dangerously high blood pressure, or cancer.
How would Amendment 3 impact abortion in Missouri?
Politicians banned trans health care for transgender youth in Missouri in 2023. That ban will remain in place no matter the outcome of the vote on this amendment in November. As the Kansas City Star has reported: “[Amendment 3] … purports to ban gender-affirming care for minors, even though that health care is already illegal under state law.”
As the Kansas City Star has also reported: “[Amendment 3] faces sharp criticism for tying abortion rights to transgender health care … as an attempt to confuse voters into banning access to abortion.”
How would Amendment 3 impact the law around health care for transgender youth in Missouri?
Yes. Passing Amendment 3 would open the door for providers and patients to be sent to jail for essential reproductive health care – even in potentially life-threatening situations like hemorrhaging, dangerously high blood pressure, or cancer.
Could doctors and patients be criminalized for getting an abortion if Amendment 3 passes?
This amendment bans abortion in nearly all cases, even in emergency situations.
If Amendment 3 passes, health care decisions will be in the hands of politicians and lawyers, not doctors, patients, and families.
If the new Amendment 3 passes, would there be any exceptions to the abortion ban?
Yes! Missouri voters already made their decision. They voted to end the abortion ban and protect reproductive freedom, including access to birth control, prenatal care, IVF, and maternal health care in 2024. Now politicians are trying to use Amendment 3 to overturn our votes and once again ban abortion in nearly all cases.
I’m confused. Didn’t Missouri vote on abortion in 2024?