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Missouri voters reject Amendment 3, keeping 2024 abortion-rights amendment in place

With all precincts reporting, unofficial results show Missouri voters defeating Amendment 3, 55.5% to 44.5%. The measure would have repealed the abortion-rights amendment approved in 2024 and written a ban on gender-transition procedures for minors into the constitution. The Missouri Independent reported that many of the state's largest churches had backed it.

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Missouri voters on Tuesday, Nov. 3, rejected Amendment 3, an effort by Republican lawmakers to repeal the abortion-rights amendment voters approved in 2024. With all 3,214 precincts reporting, unofficial Secretary of State results show 1,173,172 votes (55.5%) against and 941,065 (44.5%) in favor.

The amendment would have allowed abortion only in medical emergencies, for fetal anomalies, and in cases of rape or incest within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. It also would have written a ban on gender-transition procedures for minors into the state constitution. Its defeat leaves in place the 2024 amendment, which voters approved with 51.6%, and abortion stays legal up to fetal viability, the Leader reported.

The campaign for the amendment, Her Health, Her Future, had organized support from Republican lawmakers, Gov. Mike Kehoe's office and "many of the state's largest churches," the Missouri Independent reported. It raised more than $7 million, while the opposing Stop the Ban campaign raised more than $27 million. Some anti-abortion activists, including Republican state Sen. Mike Moon, opposed the measure because it allowed exceptions.

"We came up short today, but this is a battle in a war," said Tom Estes of Her Health, Her Future. Mallory Schwarz, executive director of Abortion Action Missouri, said her side had "fought harder than ever" to protect the 2024 amendment.

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  • Update, November 4, 2026: Brief prepared from the Jefferson City News Tribune (Missouri Secretary of State figures; Nov. 4, 2026), the Missouri Independent (Anna Spoerre; Nov. 3, 2026, updated Nov. 4), and Leader Publications (Goldie Lowe; Nov. 3, 2026). No threadId. No follows. stories.ts had no Missouri Amendment 3 story. The sheet date is Nov. 3, so sourcePublishedAt is 2026-11-03. The brief is in the Nov. 4 edition, so publishedAt and editionDate are 2026-11-04. Sources were opened Nov. 4, 2026, so accessedAt is 2026-11-04. Status is VERIFIED. The amendment text and the unofficial vote totals are in Secretary of State figures via the Jefferson City News Tribune, and the Missouri Independent and the Leader reported the same result. The results are unofficial until certified. The body says unofficial. The Leader rounds "no" to 55.4%. The Secretary of State figure is 55.489%. The body uses 55.5%. Missouri Independent publishedAt is 2026-11-03, the sheet date and the URL date. The sheet says the page was updated Nov. 4. Leader publishedAt is 2026-11-03. Tags are us, church-life, and protestant. The sheet assigned tradition protestant. Matthew said leave the Missouri Baptist Convention resolution out of the brief and do not cite Pathway. The resolution is not in the body, and Pathway is not a source. The Missouri Independent line on many of the state's largest churches stays. No persecution tag. No prior Wayback snapshot was found for the Jefferson City News Tribune, the Missouri Independent, or Leader Publications. Save Page Now was not used. No photo.

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