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Disputes over viability are dividing abortion-rights groups and complicating ballot measure efforts
Jan 16, 2024 | By Christine Fernando and Summer Ballentine in PBS News Hour
Featuring Pamela Merritt, MSFC’s Executive Director
Reproductive rights activists in Missouri agree they want to get a ballot measure before voters this fall to roll back one of the strictest abortion bans in the country and ensure access. The sticking point is how far they should go.
The groups have been at odds over whether to include a provision that would allow the state to regulate abortions after the fetus is viable, a concession supporters of the language say will be needed to persuade voters in the conservative state…
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