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2024 Missouri Constitutional Amendment 3, also known as the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative, is a proposed constitutional amendment that appeared on the ballot on November 5, 2024. The initiative amended the Constitution of Missouri to legalize abortion in Missouri until fetal viability.[1] The amendment narrowly passed.[2]
Per NBC News, the amendment received majority support in Buchanan, Platte, Clay, Jackson, Benton, Boone, St. Charles, and St. Louis counties, as well as the independent city of St. Louis.[3] These were nearly the same exact counties that had voted for 2020 Missouri Amendment 2 to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, except Buchanan County voted for legal abortion but against Medicaid expansion, while Greene County voted against legal abortion but for Medicaid expansion.
Per the map, the amendment received majority support in Boone County, home to Columbia and the University of Missouri, as well as the Kansas City and Greater St. Louis metropolitan areas along the Missouri River. It was most strongly opposed in the Ozarks in southern Missouri.
- ^ "Full Text of Amendment 3". October 4, 2024.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/us/missouri-abortion-measure.html
- ^ "Missouri Ballot Measures: Election 2024 Live Results". www.nbcnews.com. November 8, 2024.