JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (AP) – A Missouri judge says an abortion-rights campaign did not meet legal requirements to qualify for the November ballot. But Cole County Circuit Judge Christopher Limbaugh on Friday stopped short of removing the proposal from November’s ballot. Instead, he gave the campaign a chance to appeal before a Tuesday deadline to make changes to the Missouri ballot.
The abortion rights campaign says it will appeal. Missouri outlaws almost all abortions. The proposed constitutional amendment would guarantee the right to abortion until fetal viability. Abortion opponents sued, arguing that the campaign didn’t spell out the host of abortion laws the amendment likely would undo.
