Missouri Voters to Weigh in on Anti-Abortion Ballot Measure

October 23, 2026:

Missouri Voters to Weigh in on Anti-Abortion Ballot Measure

Plus, fired Planned Parenthood affiliate’s staff sue over alleged retaliation, and the Supreme Court deals a blow to the Trump administration’s anti-trans agenda.

Photograph of protesters outside of the U.S. Supreme Court. One sign reads "Abortion is a personal, not a legal debate."

Missouri GOP hopes to undo 2024 abortion amendment

With early voting underway, Missourians are weighing an anti-abortion ballot measure. The GOP hopes voters will undo their 2024 decision to constitutionally enshrine abortion rights through fetal viability, which led a court to strike the state’s total ban. Amendment 3 would ban abortion except in cases of rape and incest (before 12 weeks), fetal abnormalities, and “emergencies.” The measure would also reinstate some abortion regulations, enshrine a parental consent requirement for minors, and ban gender-affirming care for minors.

Planned Parenthood Southeast ex-staffers sue

Ex-Planned Parenthood Southeast staffers sued the affiliate this week, accusing it of retaliatory, discriminatory firings. The suit, which also names the broader Planned Parenthood organization, claims that Southeast’s management abandoned the reproductive health chain’s mission in 2024 by minimizing abortion talk, curtailing LGBTQ+ outreach, and deadnaming trans employees. Plaintiffs claim they were axed after bringing their concerns to human resources. PPSE serves Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia.

SCOTUS denies Trump anti-trans prison policy

The Trump administration can’t immediately bar trans prisoners from receiving gender-affirming care and support, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday. In early 2026, the Bureau of Prisons passed a “gender dysphoria” policy denying hormone treatment, certain surgeries, and accessories like wigs to its roughly 1,000 trans prisoners. After a federal judge blocked the rule in August, the government asked SCOTUS to quash that injunction. In rebuffing its request, the justices sent the legal fight back to the lower courts.

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