Missouri Abortion Ban Initiative (2018)
| Missouri Abortion Ban Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Abortion | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Abortion Ban Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.
The measure was designed to ban abortion by prohibiting state residents from performing, procuring, or attempting to perform an abortion in Missouri or outside the state.[1]
The measure would have also stated that Missouri "recognizes that all persons have a natural right to life including the right to life of every unborn human child at every stage of biological development and shall protect such life from deprivation by the state or private action."[1]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the initiative is available here.
Path to the ballot
Supporters of an initiative were required to collect a number of signatures equivalent to 8 percent of the 2016 gubernatorial vote in six of the eight state congressional districts. This means that the minimum possible number of valid signatures required was 160,199. Signatures needed to be filed with the secretary of state six months prior to the election on November 6, 2018. Six months prior to the election was May 6, 2018.
Rush Loftis proposed the initiative on August 29, 2017. The secretary of state rejected the petition for the initiative.[1]
See also
- Missouri 2018 ballot measures
- 2018 ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Missouri
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Footnotes
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