Ohio voted to protect abortion rights. Will Missouri be next?

Missouri is one of at least 11 states considering abortion-related ballot measures for next year, part of the wave of such actions since the Supreme Court undid Roe v. Wade. If Missouri’s abortion ban is indeed rolled back, it would mark the fourth time since 2018 that the state’s voters rebuked their GOP leaders.
As activists parse the results of Tuesday’s vote to protect abortion rights in Ohio, Jamie Corley is already well on her way to putting a similar measure in front of Missouri voters next year.

Corley, a former Republican congressional staffer, filed not one, but six potential ballot measures in August to roll back her state’s near-total ban on abortion, triggered by the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision to end federal protections for terminating pregnancies.

“I can’t emphasize enough how dangerous it is to be pregnant in Missouri right now,” Corley said at a restaurant near her home in University City. “There is a real urgency to pass something to change the abortion law.”