Judge Rules Missouri Abortion Ballot Measure Invalid

The New York Times reports:

A Missouri court late Friday moved toward striking a ballot measure in November that would ask voters whether to establish a right to abortion in the state Constitution.

Judge Christopher Limbaugh of Cole County Circuit Court sided with anti-abortion lawmakers and activists who said that the abortion rights groups that gathered signatures to sponsor the ballot measure had not sufficiently explained its potential ramifications on the petitions they asked voters to sign.

With the state scheduled to print ballots on Tuesday, the judge said he would wait until then to issue an injunction instructing the secretary of state to remove the measure that was certified last month.

Read the full article. The judge was appointed by Gov. Mike Parsons [photo] and is the cousin of dead Rush Limbaugh.

BREAKING: Cole Co. judge agrees that the Missouri abortion amendment violates the single subject rule, but is going to allow for an appeal before ordering it’s taken off the ballot. Read the decision here:#moleg pic.twitter.com/M8hQGR8eJk

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