Over 800 medical professionals in Missouri are endorsing Amendment 3, a ballot initiative upheld that would reverse the state’s near-total abortion ban. “Politicians are not more qualified than doctors to help our patients make decisions around their reproductive health care,

Missouri residents will have abortion on the ballot after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Amendment 3 should be included in the November election.

Here's what to know about the amendment, what a 'yes' or 'no' vote could mean, and what proponents and opponents think of the measure.

Measures that would protect abortion access are on track to appear on the ballot in 10 states in November, but abortion opponents are engaged in last-ditch legal maneuvering to try to prevent voters from weighing in on the proposals.

The swift decision by the Missouri Supreme Court followed several 11th hour attempts by Republican politicians to keep the proposal off the ballot.

Missouri was the first state to enact a near-total ban on abortion. This November, Missouri voters have the chance to reverse it with Amendment 3, which would guarantee the right to an abortion until fetal viability.

Supporters of abortion rights may be set up to deliver another decisive rebuke of conservative-led efforts to ban or restrict abortion at the state level.

Missouri's high court ruled to keep a ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights on the ballot in November.

An amendment to restore abortion rights in Missouri will be on the ballot, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that an amendment to restore abortion rights in the state will be on the ballot.

Missouri voters will decide on Nov. 5 whether to overturn the state’s abortion ban after the state Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared away a final effort by anti-abortion activists to block a vote on a landmark proposal enshrining a right to abortion in the state constitution.