BREAKING: MO Supreme Court Rules Abortion Amendment Is Here to Stay, Dashing Hopes Of Hawley And His Allies

September 10, 2024

Good news for freedom, bad news for the unpopular incumbent who recently joined plaintiffs in spreading lies and misinformation about the citizen-led effort.

St. Louis, MO — Today, Lucas Kunce issued the following statement after Missouri’s Supreme Court ruled that an abortion-rights amendment, Amendment 3, will stay on the ballot in the November election.

“The lies and lawfare used by Josh Hawley and his allies to try to block a citizen-led effort to end their total abortion ban have failed. Missourians: We’re taking our power back in November,” said Kunce.

Hawley’s Record Is Clear

While voters are more motivated than ever by issues like IVF, contraception, and abortion, Hawley has built a career—and even a family business—on banning them all. In the last six years, he’s made a terrifying amount of progress in that mission. And now he’s running scared of being held accountable for it — with nowhere to hide now that this initiative is on the ballot.

And he should be scared — an Emerson poll found “the share of voters who say abortion is the most important issue facing their state in Missouri is higher than any state poll we have conducted in the past year.” And, proponents of legalizing abortion gathered more than double the number of necessary signatures to put this initiative on the ballot in November — alongside the U.S. Senate race.

Hawley pretends to support Missourians’ right to vote on abortion, but in reality, Hawley has already clearly stated he believes his mission to outlaw all abortions is as important and brave as the efforts of American abolitionists to end slavery. Hawley lies about being “100% pro-IVF” despite having a long and recent record of being anti-IVF. Hawley also voted against the Right to Contraception Act.

See more here, here, here, here, and here, about Josh Hawley’s uniquely bad record on reproductive freedom.