Missouri’s current law bans abortion with almost no exceptions and this amendment would allow abortion to about 24 weeks of pregnancy.

Missourians voted to protect abortion-rights in their state’s constitution, the first time voters have invalidated a near-total abortion ban in a deep-red state. The ballot measure, which amends the state constitution to make most abortions legal,

Missouri voters bucked Republicans who control the state on Tuesday when they voted to add the right to abortion and other reproductive health care protections in the state constitution by passing Amendment 3.