JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Six months after Missouri voters authorised an abortion-rights modification, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday authorised a brand new referendum that might search the modification’s repeal and as an alternative ban most abortions with exceptions for rape an incest.
The newly proposed constitutional modification would return to voters in November 2026, or sooner, if Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe calls a particular election earlier than then.
Republican senators used a collection of uncommon procedural strikes to chop off dialogue by opposing Democrats earlier than passing the proposed abortion-rights revision by a 21-11 vote. The measure handed the Republican-led Home final month.
Instantly after vote, protestors erupted with chants of “Cease the ban!” and had been ushered out of the Senate chamber.
