The state Supreme Court is set to decide on Tuesday whether the measure will be included on the November ballot.
Protesters hold signs as they rally in support of Planned Parenthood and abortion rights, near the Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 30, 2019.Three mayors in the state of Missouri have filed an amicus brief in the case relating to an abortion rights ballot question that was supposed to appear before voters this November, but which a lower court judge, late last week, said had to be removed. on behalf of the mayors, urges the Missouri Supreme Court to reverse that judge’s ruling.
“There is no ‘direct precedent’ — or precedent at all … for a court to strike a measure from the ballot because a secretary of state-certified ballot text was insufficient,” , Lucas added that Missourians should “have the right to participate in shaping laws that govern their lives.”
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