Why some abortion opponents are fighting Missouri’s Amendment 3
Hosted by Jason Hancock - Posted at the Missouri Independent : Inside the split over abortion, transgender healthcare and the multimillion-dollar campaign shaping Missouri’s November vote Published September 28, 2026 Missouri voters are being asked to decide abortion rights again, just two years after approving them. Amendment 3 would repeal the reproductive health protections voters added to the state constitution in 2024, allow lawmakers to restrict abortion with limited exceptions and constitutionally prohibit gender-transition procedures for minors. But this time, the anti-abortion movement isn’t united. Some of the state’s most outspoken abortion opponents argue Amendment 3 doesn’t go far enough, creating a public split inside a movement trying to reverse the 2024 vote. Missouri Independent reproductive healthcare reporter Anna Spoerre joins Jason Hancock to explain what Amendment 3 would actually do, why abortion abolitionists oppose it, how transgender health care became centra...
