Senate committee approves ballot measure to overturn Amendment 3

Marie Moyer

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Missouri Senate committee has approved putting a ballot measure before voters that would overturn Amendment 3.

House Joint Resolution 73 has already been approved by the full House. Voters approved Amendment 3, which established reproductive health care, including abortion, as a constitutional right, in last November’s election.

The bill was presented Wednesday in the Senate’s Families, Seniors and Health Committee. The committee heard testimony from members of Missouri Right to Life and Abortion Action Missouri, as well as Missouri medical workers and clergy members in support and opposition to the ballot measure.

If passed, the question will be placed on the 2026 ballot.

HJR 73 would also add exceptions back to the bill text, only allowing abortions up to 12 weeks in in cases of rape and incest and medical emergencies and when there is a fetal anomaly.

The committee approved the bill 4-2 and it will now head to the Senate floor.

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