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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District heard arguments Monday over how amendments to overturn the state’s abortion ban should be described on the ballot.
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and Attorney General Andrew Bailey, both Republicans, are trying to block groups from putting a question to legalize abortion on the 2024 ballot.
Abortion initative petitions would reinstate the right to abortion in Missouri by amending the state's consititution.
The chief backer of the effort says the Republican secretary of state’s description will create bias against proposals.
There is a new member of the legal team defending the ballot language Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wrote for proposed initiatives that would add abortion rights to the Missouri Constitution -- Ashcroft himself.