The 2024 legislative session has arrived in Missouri and numerous points of discussion have tuned the ear to Missouri’s Secretary of State: The governor’s race, efforts to expand abortion opportunities in the state, and opinions on how to help the election process....
Missouri’s abortion ban currently includes an exception for health emergencies of the mother but does not include exceptions for rape and incest. Several initiative petitions filed that seek to add those to the ban are receiving pushback from both sides of the issue,...
A lawsuit is back in court over 11 proposed initiatives that are designed to make many abortions legal again in Missouri. The court fight is about whether Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s wording to describe the abortion-related proposals to voters is fair and...