Judge considers bumping abortion-rights measure off Missouri ballot
A Missouri judge is considering removing an abortion-rights amendment from the state's November ballot
By SUMMER BALLENTINE
Published - Sep 06, 2024, 03:56 PM ET
Last Updated - Dec 16, 2024, 07:29 PM EST
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge faces a Tuesday deadline to decide whether to take the rare step of pulling an abortion-rights amendment off the state's November ballot.
Lawyers for abortion opponents during a Friday bench trial asked Cole County Associate Circuit Judge Christopher Limbaugh to strip the measure from the ballot.
He faces a tight deadline to rule because Tuesday is the deadline to make changes to Missouri ballots, and an appeal is likely.
Plaintiffs' attorney Mary Catherine Martin on Friday argued that the campaign to restore abortion rights in Missouri drafted an amendment that is intentionally broad in order to trick voters into supporting it.
