When Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe signed a Trump-aligned congressional redistricting plan last month, critics warned it would do more than tilt elections toward Republicans — it could determine the fate of abortion rights, Medicaid and other key issues affecting Missourians’ health and economic well-being.

If the plan survives legal and ballot challenges, it would erase one of Missouri’s two Democratic strongholds — both currently represented by Black congressmen — and shift power toward Republican lawmakers who have led efforts to roll back reproductive rights and shrink Medicaid.

The map splits Kansas City’s 5th Congressional District, dividing Black neighborhoods and merging them into distant, Republican-leaning districts, a change that could weaken the influence of Black and urban vote

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