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Missouri voters in November chose to pass a ballot measure establishing reproductive rights in a state with one of the strictest abortion bans in the nation . Last week, because of a decision by the Missouri Supreme Court , abortion is again unavailable in the state. What happened won’t necessarily last, but it’s reminder that ballot measures won’t always be enough to protect reproductive rights.

Within days of the passage of Amendment 3, Planned Parenthood and other plaintiffs challenged the vast array of bans and restrictions in the state . Missouri not only banned virtually all abortions from the moment of fertilization but also enforced a variety of wh

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