Missouri Referendums

Two Ballot Measures for November 2024

1. Amendment 3, Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment

2. Proposition A, Minimum Wage Increase

It may be of interest that some of the people pushing Amendment 3 were also pushing for a “no” vote on the retention of the two Missouri Supreme Court judges who ruled that the amendment didn’t follow the law by specifying what laws would be repealed by it. Those judges are Kelly Broniec and Ginger Gooch. Result: State-wide, neither woman got a total much less different from the other justices, and were handily retained. They did get less than a majority in Kansas City and perhaps elsewhere, but it didn’t matter in the state-wide totals.  

There was also a measure voted on August 6, 2024: Property Tax Exemption for Childcare Establishments. It didn’t pass. Information has been moved to Past Year Referendums: 2024.

For the full list of referendums we’re tracking, see our home page.

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Amendment 3:

Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment 

on Ballot: November 5, 2024

result: won with 51.8%

We regard a “no” vote as helpful to the goal of ending violence.

See Ballotpedia page.

See our page on State Constitutions and Abortion for more information about what’s happening around the U.S.

Abortion isn’t Freedom for Women

Setting aside the violence (and therefore lack of equal protection) done to unborn children, a point which proponents of this measure steadfastly ignore, the rhetoric they use about women also steadfastly ignores harm done. Here are some of the Consistent Life Network’s blog posts that explain this. They can offer good ideas for opponents of this measure to use in their work:

The Myth of Sexual Autonomy 

Abortion and Violence Against Pregnant Women

How Abortion is Useful for Rape Culture

The Message of “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”: Abortion Gets Sexual Predators Off the Hook

Abortion Facilitates Sex Abuse: Documentation

Isolating Women and Encouraging Jerks

Proposition A:

Minimum Wage and Earned Paid Sick Time Initiative

on Ballot: November 5, 2024

result: won with 57.6%

See Ballotpedia page for more information and updates.

Current Status: Successful petition drive.

See our blog post: Social Programs to Help the Poor are Pro-life

PostRoeFuture.com, a statement drafted by prominent pro-life activists and signed by hundreds more, released and publicized January 19, 2023.  It says that governments need “to eliminate or reduce the significant economic and social pressures that we know drive women to seek abortion in the first place. ” 

Pro-life Commentary

on Minimum Wage

Pregnancy Resource Centers will have an easier time working with pregnant women for prenatal care and new mothers for women’s and children’s health care. The more women are earning, the more PRCs can help. Also, the more the father and other family members are earning, the more PRCs can help.

Yet for those who never cross paths with the PRCs, a minimum wage increase means they feel more supported in choosing life. They have more practical resources available.