In 2024, President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans dominated Missouri, sweeping the reliably red state, but conservatives did face a difficult statewide loss in the Show Me State that cycle.
The state’s voters approved a permissive abortion referendum, known as the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative, by 3 percentage points, or about 95,000 votes, which struck down a state law that prohibited abortion except in cases of a medical emergency. The referendum guaranteed a right to abortion up until viability, about 24 weeks into the pregnancy, but opponents argued that the built-in exceptions to the 24-week limit meant the referendum effectively permitted abortion through all nine months.
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