THE FUTURE OF ABORTION ACCESS IN MISSOURI WILL BE LEFT UP TO VOTERS. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I’M KRIS KETZ AND I’M LARA MORITZ. THE STATE SUPREME COURT REVERSED A LOWER COURT’S DECISION TODAY, MEANING ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE CARE WILL BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. KMBC NINES MATT EVANS IS LIVE IN JEFFERSON CITY, AND MATT, YOU HEARD THOSE SUPREME COURT ARGUMENTS EARLY THIS MORNING. WHAT HAPPENS NOW? IT APPEARS THIS MAY BE THE FINAL LEGAL HURDLE BEFORE A VOTE ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE AND ABORTION RIGHTS IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI. THIS IS THE LATEST IN A LONG LINE OF LEGAL CHALLENGES TO GET THIS ON THE BALLOT. NOT THAT ANYBODY IS KEEPING TRACK, BUT THIS IS THE FIFTH ONE, AND IT’S THE FIFTH LEGAL CHALLENGE THAT MISSOURIANS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOM, THE GROUP BEHIND AMENDMENT THREE, HAS WON. LET US BE VERY CLEAR. TODAY’S DECISION IS A VICTORY NOT ONLY FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, BUT ALSO FOR DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN MISSOURI. AT ISSUE TODAY AT THE SUPREME COURT WAS A LOWER COURT’S DECISION THAT SAID AMENDMENT THREE SHOULD BE THROWN OFF THE BALLOT BECAUSE IT DID NOT LIST ALL THE LAWS THAT WOULD BE REPEALED IF IT PASSED. ATTORNEYS, THOUGH, ARGUED THAT IT WOULD NOT REPEAL LAWS AND INSTEAD WOULD SUPERSEDE AND OVERLAP WITH EXISTING STATUTE. THE SUPREME COURT TODAY AGREED AND REVERSED THAT LOWER COURT’S DECISION, PUTTING AMENDMENT THREE BACK ON THE BALLOT. VOTE YES ON AMENDMENT THREE. WHILE THERE WERE CHEERS ON THE STATEHOUSE STEPS AFTER THAT DECISION WAS ANNOUNCED ACROSS THE STREET ON THE STEPS OF THE SUPREME COURT, WHERE PRO-LIFE PROTESTERS CAMPED OUT, MOST OF THE DAY, PEOPLE WERE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE RULING. DISBELIEF. WE REALLY, TRULY THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAW. KATHY FAULK WAS ONE OF SEVERAL ADVOCATES WHO BROUGHT THIS SUIT AND SAID THAT WHILE THEIR LEGAL CHALLENGES MAY BE OVER FOR NOW, THEIR FIGHT AGAINST THIS AMENDMENT IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING. WE HAVE NOT GIVEN UP. WE BELIEVE THIS AMENDMENT THREE SHOULD BE DEFEATED AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS. AND WHILE THE PRIORITIES OF PEOPLE BOTH FOR AND AGAINST THIS AMENDMENT ARE NOW SHIFTING FROM THE COURTROOM TO GETTING THEIR IDEAS AND THEIR PITCHES IN FRONT OF VOTERS, THOSE SIGNS ALSO HAVEN’T RULED OUT POTENTIAL LEGAL CHALLENGES. AFTER THE NOVEMBER 5TH VOTE. LIVE IN JEFFERSON CITY TONIGHT, MATT EVANS, KMBC NINE NEWS. ALL RIGHT, MATT, THANKS. SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ALSO WEIGHED IN ON SECRETARY OF STATE JAY ASHCROFT’S ATTEMPT TO DECERTIFY THE AMENDMENT BASED ON THAT LOWER COURT RULING. AND
Abortion amendment: Missourians for Constitutional Freedom reports over $30M in finance reports
Updated: 8:57 PM CDT Oct 29, 2024
Millions of dollars continue to pour into the race to pass a proposed amendment regarding abortion access in the state of Missouri.Missourians for Constitutional Freedom reported $30,650,643.79 in total receipts in its recent campaign finance report.The financial report, filed electronically on Oct. 28, 2024, is part of the ongoing disclosures leading up to the Nov. 5, 2024, election.The campaign’s ending balance stands at $21,812,236.83 after accounting for all receipts and disbursements.The PAC has received significant donations from various Planned Parenthood and ACLU groups across the country. Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, contributed $1 million.Missouri Right to Life’s political action committee has received $1,195,755.06 during the campaign and has over $366,000 on hand in the final days leading up to the election.Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson, Missouri became one of the first states to implement a ban on abortion outside of medical emergencies.Missouri Amendment 3 proposes to change existing laws regarding reproductive health care, including removing the state’s abortion ban and allowing for regulations intended to protect patient health. The amendment seeks to ensure individuals can make decisions about their reproductive health care without governmental interference.
Millions of dollars continue to pour into the race to pass a proposed amendment regarding abortion access in the state of Missouri.
Missourians for Constitutional Freedom reported $30,650,643.79 in total receipts in its recent campaign finance report.
The financial report, filed electronically on Oct. 28, 2024, is part of the ongoing disclosures leading up to the Nov. 5, 2024, election.
The campaign’s ending balance stands at $21,812,236.83 after accounting for all receipts and disbursements.
The PAC has received significant donations from various Planned Parenthood and ACLU groups across the country. Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, contributed $1 million.
Missouri Right to Life’s political action committee has received $1,195,755.06 during the campaign and has over $366,000 on hand in the final days leading up to the election.
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson, Missouri became one of the first states to implement a ban on abortion outside of medical emergencies.
Missouri Amendment 3 proposes to change existing laws regarding reproductive health care, including removing the state’s abortion ban and allowing for regulations intended to protect patient health.
The amendment seeks to ensure individuals can make decisions about their reproductive health care without governmental interference.
