Show-Me Abortion 'Ballot Candy' Rewrite

Here's the best summary of a process that most TV newsies don't understand. 

To be fair . . . The rest of the populace is WAY UGLIER than TV journalists and couldn't possibly fathom the work it takes to achieve perfect hair.  

Meanwhile . . .

Here's the legal perspective that still ultimately be negated by HEALTH TECHNOLOGY and not courtroom/political tap dancing.

Check-it . . .  

Cole County Judge Daniel Green ruled on Friday that the proposal could stay on the 2026 ballot, ruling that gender-affirming care is “closely related to reproductive health care.”

But he ordered Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to rewrite the ballot summary proposal because it “fails to adequately alert voters that the proposed constitutional amendment would eliminate [the 2024 abortion rights amendment], which voters recently approved.”

Green gave Hoskins’ office seven days to send over a revised summary statement. The parties in the case will then file briefs about whether the new summary is fair and sufficient.

Detractors of the proposal to repeal the abortion rights initiative contend the inclusion of the gender-affirming care ban for minors is so-called ballot candy aimed at confusing voters to its actual intent.

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