"Missouri Activists Launch Campaign for Abortion Rights Amendment"

A coalition of Missouri abortion-rights organizations has launched a campaign to put a constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot, aiming to legalize abortion up until the point of fetal viability. The coalition, supported by groups such as Abortion Action Missouri, the ACLU of Missouri, and Planned Parenthood affiliates, plans to gather signatures to roll back the state's restrictive abortion ban. The proposed amendment would allow abortion after fetal viability, with provisions to protect the life or health of the pregnant person. The coalition faces a race to gather over 171,000 valid signatures by May, while also contending with a competing Republican-led ballot initiative.