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Missouri Judge Rules That Abortion Ballot Measure Is Invalid

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Missouri residents in February gathered signatures for a petition in support of a ballot initiative to end the state’s near-total ban on abortion.Credit…Ed Zurga/Associated Press
Kate Zernike

By Kate Zernike

Sept. 7, 2024, 1:22 a.m. ET

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.