The new Missouri GOP referendum also includes provisions to ban gender transition surgeries and hormone therapies for minors.

Republicans in the Senate dropped a bomb on the final three days of Missouri’s annual legislative session Wednesday, crushing Democratic attempts to forge end-of-session compromises on abortion and pa

The Missouri Senate on Thursday approved House Joint Resolution 73, which will put a near-total ban on abortion on the ballot in the November 2026 general election.

With just days remaining in the 2025 legislative session, unfinished Republican priorities include overturning voter-approved initiatives on abortion rights and paid sick leave.