Abortion rights groups sue Missouri over 'blatantly incorrect' ballot issue descriptions

A new lawsuit from the Missouri Women and Family Research Fund contends that the way Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft summarized six abortion rights initiatives “are intentionally argumentative, insufficient, and unfair.”
A group seeking to scale back Missouri’s ban on most abortions is suing over how Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft described the measures and how much state Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick estimated they could cost.

The Missouri Women and Family Research Fund filed six initiatives earlier this year that would allow for abortions in the case of rape, incest, fatal fetal abnormalities or risks to health or safety of a mother. Several also would allow abortions up to 12 weeks of pregnancy.

A lawsuit filed on Thursday from fund Executive Director Jamie Corley contends that the way Ashcroft summarized the initiatives “are intentionally argumentative, insufficient, and unfair.”