Rebecca Shabad is a politics reporter for NBC News based in Washington.
An amendment that would enshrine abortion access in Missouri's constitution will appear on the state's general election ballot, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft's office announced Tuesday. Ashcroft, a Republican, deemed that the petitions to qualify the initiative on the ballot had a sufficient number of signatures to proceed. He also approved other initiatives for the November ballot, including on minimum wage, earned paid sick time and on sports wagering.
The group celebrated the development Tuesday in a post on X, saying that it turned in 380,000 signatures. 'I am honored to say that it is our turn to do something that no other state has done before — end a total abortion ban at the ballot box,' said Rachel Sweet, campaign manager for Missourians for Constitutional Freedom.
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