A Missouri appeals court has issued new ballot language for a constitutional amendment that would ban abortions.

The panel of three judges heard arguments Wednesday in Kansas City over whether the Republican-led Missouri Legislature erred in the crafting of the amendment and whether Secretary of State Denny Hoskins wrote ballot language that sufficiently informed voters of the changes it would impose.

Hoskins already rewrote the language once, as ordered by a Cole County judge who subsequently approved it. Afterward, Dr. Anna Fitz-James, who submitted a 2023 petition to enshrine the right to an abortion, disagreed, and appealed the decision.

In Thursday’s decision, the appellate court granted many points made by attorneys for Fitz-James, and denied only one — her argument that the amend

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