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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday rejected an effort by top Republicans to officially describe several proposed ballot measures as allowing “dangerous” abortions. The court also
The court challenges have delayed abortion rights supporters from collecting signatures to restore reproductive rights in Missouri.
The judges wrote that Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s proposed ballot summaries were “replete with politically partisan language.”
In a quick-turn decision, the appeals court upheld a lower court ruling, affirming the fiscal note summary but adding to the ballot summaries.
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wrote ballot titles for six proposals to restore abortion rights that were “replete with politically partisan language,” a Missouri appeals court unanimously ruled Tuesday.