Amendment 3: Repeal the 2024 Reproductive Rights Amendment; Allow Regulation of Abortion; Prohibit Gender Transition Procedures for Minors

The law today

Article I, Section 36 of the Missouri Constitution, approved by voters in 2024, provides reproductive healthcare rights, including abortion through fetal viability; a "no" vote leaves it in place (Fair Ballot Language). Separately, Missouri law bars minors from surgery and from beginning hormones or puberty blockers; the latter law is set to expire in August 2027, per the Missouri Independent.[1][9]

Official fiscal estimate

Official ballot statement: State governmental entities estimate no costs or savings. Greene County estimates it may experience an unknown increase in tax revenue. Other local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings. The Fair Ballot Language adds that, if passed, the measure will not increase or decrease taxes.[1]

Arguments made for

• Her Health, Her Future PAC (supporting Amendment 3): “Amendment 3 is a critical step toward strengthening our pro-life protections and safeguarding our state’s future.”[5]
• Rep. Brian Seitz (R-Branson), who carried the resolution in the House, said Missourians, in approving the 2024 amendment with just shy of 52% of the vote, were signaling some exceptions were needed in the prior ban; he concluded that exceptions will still allow the legislature to "save as many infants as possible and protect women."[3]

Arguments made against

• Stop the Ban campaign (opposing Amendment 3): "We’re building a grassroots effort to fight for what we know Missourians from every corner of our state and every political party want: the freedom to make our own decisions for ourselves and our families."[6]
• Tori Schafer, director of policy and campaigns for the ACLU of Missouri, said in a statement about the ballot language: “With bills filed already threatening prosecution against providers and patients, it is crucial that Missourians know they are being asked to end the protections for reproductive health care that we just passed in the last general election.”[4]

On record in support

• Her Health, Her Future PAC, the campaign committee supporting Amendment 3; led by Missouri first lady Claudia Kehoe.[10]
• Missouri Right to Life PAC, which the Missouri Independent reports is also campaigning for Amendment 3.[9]
• Vote Yes on Amendment 3, a PAC filed in October 2026 by former Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey.[9]
• Dr. Wes Fowler, executive director of the Missouri Baptist Convention, who said at a Her Health, Her Future rally he is voting yes.[10]

On record in opposition

• Stop the Ban, the campaign committee opposing Amendment 3.[9][10]
• The Fairness Project, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that the Missouri Independent reports has given nearly $12 million to Stop the Ban.[9]
• Local Planned Parenthood affiliates, Abortion Action Missouri, PROMO and Beacon Reproductive Health Network, named by the Missouri Independent as part of the on-the-ground campaign effort.[9]
• ACLU of Missouri, which the Missouri Independent names among the groups leading Stop the Ban's on-the-ground campaign efforts.[9]