JEFFERSON CITY — A Cole County judge on Tuesday approved revised language for a ballot question asking voters to restrict abortion in Missouri, putting a legal case over the issue on track for an appeal to a higher court.

Circuit Judge Daniel Green upheld Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ second attempt to write a ballot summary for a proposed constitutional amendment that would repeal a 2024 vote that legalized abortion in the state.

Green previously had dumped ballot language approved by the Republican-led General Assembly in May, as well as a rewrite authored by Hoskins last month, saying they were inaccurate descriptions of what the ballot question would do.

Under a new law, Hoskins had three chances to convince the judge to accept his proposed language. Green approved the second

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