A vaguely-worded Missouri ballot initiative could overturn the state’s ban on transgender procedures for children if approved by voters, a conservative legal group warns.
On Election Day, Missourians will vote on Amendment 3, a leftist-backed ballot initiative that restricts what laws can be passed on “all matters relating to reproductive health care.” In addition to upending Missouri’s robust pro-life laws, there are concerns that the amendment will erode parental rights and erase protections for children from transgender surgeries and hormone procedures.
Mary Catherine Martin, a lawyer with the Thomas More Society, told The Daily Wire that “nobody really knows the scope” of the amendment because of the messaging from its proponents and the broad language used in the amendment.
The amendment says: “The government shall not deny or infringe upon a person’s…
