Anti-abortion divide could complicate Missouri Amendment 3 campaign

By: Anna Spoerre

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: September 28, 2026

Words: 2,051

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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More Missouri women had abortions while the state was under a near-total abortion ban than they did in the years before, when abortion was legal but highly restricted.

That fact has become a fault line among Missouri conservatives debating Amendment 3 — a divide that could matter in an election recent polling suggests may again be decided by a razor-thin margin.

The legislature-drafted Amendment 3, which would repeal the abortion-rights …

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