Abortion Returns To The Missouri Ballot This November; Republicans Urge 'Yes' Vote

Big issues are coming to the Missouri ballot this November, and among them is Amendment 3, which would change the state constitution by repealing a voter-approved amendment that expanded abortion back in 2024.

At a Camden County Republican Club's meeting last month in Osage Beach, Sherry Kuttenkuler shared with approximately 75 attendees why voters should say "yes" to Amendment 3 this November.

The full ballot language is below:

Official Ballot Title:

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:
Repeal the 2024 voter-approved Amendment providing reproductive healthcare rights, including abortion through fetal viability;
Allow abortions for rape and incest (under twelve-weeks’ gestation), emergencies, and fetal anomalies;
Allow legislation regulating abortion;
Ensure parental consent for minors’ abortions;
Prohibit gender transition procedures for minors?
State governmental entities estimate no costs or savings. Greene County estimates it may experience an unknown increase in tax revenue. Other local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.

Fair Ballot Language:

A “yes” vote will repeal Article I, Section 36, of the Missouri Constitution approved by the voters in 2024 which provided reproductive healthcare rights, including abortion through fetal viability; continue to ensure women’s ability to access medical care for medical emergencies, ectopic pregnancies, and miscarriages; allow legislation to regulate abortion providers and facilities to ensure health and safety; require informed and voluntary consent for an abortion, including parental or judicial consent for minors; allow restriction of abortions to cases of medical emergency, rape and incest under twelve weeks gestation, and fetal anomalies; prohibit public funding of abortions except in limited circumstances; and prohibit gender transition procedures for minors including gender transition surgeries, cross-sex hormones or puberty-blocking drugs, with exceptions for specific medical conditions.
A “no” vote will leave Article I, Section 36, of the Missouri Constitution approved by voters in 2024 in place; will not limit abortion to cases of medical emergency, rape and incest under twelve weeks gestation, and fetal anomalies, but leave access to abortion available through fetal viability; will not prohibit gender transition procedures for minors.
If passed, this measure will not increase or decrease taxes.

Kuttenkuler is the Chief of Staff to State Senator Adam Schnelting (R-District 23) and the Statewide Grassroots Director for MO Projects. She has been one of the officials and issue-specialists invited to speak at CCRC meetings to help citizens vote informed.

According to her, this amendment would "undo some of the evil and egregious pieces that were put in the Missouri constitution with Amendment 3-2024."

That 2024 ballot measure passed 51.6% to 48.4% in the state, which "enshrined abortion up to birth for any reason and more into the Missouri constitution."

Kuttenkuler explained that under the current legislation, also known as "The Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative," minors can receive sex change operations, sterilization hormones, and abortions without parental consent.

"This leaves sex-trafficked victims, especially young girls, vulnerable to forced or coerced abortions," Kuttenkuler said. "If Amendment 3-2026 passes, adults will still have the right to transition."

At the CCRC meeting, Kuttenkuler referenced multiple stories against minor transition, including a 15-year-old girl who had her breasts removed and a 3-year-old boy who was being transitioned because the mother "always wanted a girl."

In Missouri, there have allegedly been 182 minors that have gone through total sex changes, according to stoptheharmdatabase.com. This website reportedly catalogs trans treatments performed at healthcare facilities throughout the United States.

Kuttenkuler also said that the 2024 amendment embedded the sale of harvested baby body parts and taxpayer funding of abortion into the state constitution. It "also robbed women of the right to sue if they are harmed by an abortion, and it put women at risk by overturning common sense health and safety regulations," Kuttenkuler said.

Furthermore, Kuttenkuler said citizen representation was nullified by taking away regulatory authority from the legislature (pertaining to reproductive healthcare). After the approval in 2024, Planned Parenthood filed suit to challenge Missouri's statutes regarding abortion.

The case is being heard by Judge Jerri J. Zhang in the 16th Circuit Court in Jackson County. Planned Parenthood claims that certain safety regulations are unenforceable and infringe on the constitutional right to reproductive freedom.

"That is because they don't want to abide by simple safety standards, such as having a licensed medical doctor perform abortions," Kuttenkuler said of Planned Parenthood, noting the importance of ultrasounds before giving abortion pills.

The Missouri Attorney General is seeking to keep statues in place to protect Missouri women.

"This is not just about the state government," Kuttenkuler said. "This is about your county and local health department not being able to enforce basic safety regulations."

"They are giving the abortion pill to women through the mail with no pre-consultation or follow-up," said Stephanie Jacobson with H3HELPLINE.org as a witness in the case.

Jacobson is a phone coach for women with unplanned pregnancies or who are post-abortive. She shared one instance of a 15-year-old girl who called the hotline traumatized after taking the pill and delivering her baby at home.

"It has feet and fingers and eyes. I cannot flush it down the toilet!" the girl reportedly cried on the phone. Jacobson said when the girl turned around, she saw a cat eating her baby on the counter.

"That girl is marked for life," Kuttenkuler said. "Amendment 3-2026 will enact laws to protect girls and women from unsupervised abortions."

The new amendment would also reenact protections for unborn babies identified with fetal anomalies. "It will have to be proven by a doctor to have an anomaly that will make life outside the womb impossible. So babies with spina bifida, down syndrome, trisomy, and more will be protected," Kuttenkuler added.

Some polls suggest that roughly 20% of Missourians want abortion with no limits, while 31% want limits with the exceptions of rape, incest, and threat to the mother's life, according to Kuttenkuler.

A faction of pro-life Missourians, including legislators, are actually against Amendment 3-2026 because they want abortion to be 100% illegal in the state. The Camden County Republican Club has scheduled Sen. Mike Moon (R-District 29) to speak from this opinion so more sides can be heard.

"The people of Missouri will not approve a total ban on abortion," Kuttenkuler said. "I don't want the rape and incest exceptions either, but I want to save as many babies as possible, restore safety regulations, and stop transgender procedures on minors through the passage of Amendment 3-2026."

She pressed this point with two illustrations: a burning house with children inside and a reference to the Holocaust.

"We have the opportunity to save as many babies as we can and then go back in again and again until we save them all," Kuttenkuler said. "62,000 [Jews] were saved by brave heroes who risked their lives. They could not save them all, so should they have stood idly by and not saved any?"

After the guest speakers concluded, CCRC President Les Larson ended the meeting saying, "The majority of people in Camden County didn't vote in 2024. We need the whole county to vote."

To contact Sherry Kuttenkuler, visit moprotects.org. Visit ccrclub.com for more information about the Camden County Republican Club.