As soon as the Missouri Supreme Court announced Amendment 3 should be on November’s ballot , opponents to the question sent statements and social media posts criticizing the question as being funded by out-of-state interests.
Amendment 3 asks voters whether they want to restore abortion rights in Missouri, which currently has a near-total ban on abortion.
“Amendment 3 is a deceptive effort by out-of-state interests,” Missouri Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe wrote in a post on X .
The Missouri Republican Party released a statement with similar allegations.
“This amendment, bankrolled by radical out-of-state interest groups, is a direct assault on Missouri families and the values we hold dear,” the party said in a statement Tuesday . “We must not let out-of-state interests hijack our Constitution.”
Even before Tuesday, Misouri Sen. Bill Eigel, a Republican, criticized the initiative petition.
He posted a video on X in April saying, “A lot of powerful, well-funded, special interests who don’t share our respect for life, for the sanctity of life, are coming into Missouri right now.”