Abortion in Missouri: A look at key claims in the 'decline to sign' effort

JEFFERSON CITY — With two weeks left for advocates to gather enough signatures to put abortion rights on the Missouri ballot this year, opponents are urging people not to sign the petition, saying the proposed constitutional amendment would allow for a radical and unregulated expansion of the procedure.

Among the opponents’ claims: the constitutional amendment, if approved by voters, would eliminate health and safety standards for abortion clinics, allow people to perform the procedure without a health care license, bar malpractice lawsuits against abortion providers, allow minors to get abortions without parental consent, and permit abortions after fetal viability.

Those claims — disputed by supporters of the amendment and legal experts — are being widely circulated by some anti-abortion groups.

Top Republican lawmakers, including the three leading GOP candidates for governor, have appeared in a series of “decline to sign” videos, sponsored by Missouri Stands with Women, a political action committee launched this year to fight any abortion-rights initiative petitions.





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