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Missouri voters will decide on a constitutional amendment to ban most abortions and gender-affirming care for minors.
The proposed constitutional ban on gender-affirming care for minors would be the first of its kind in the U.S.
The debate follows a state law passed in 2023 after a whistleblower's allegations against a St. Louis clinic.
When Missourians vote next year on whether to outlaw most abortions , they will also decide whether the state constitution should include a ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
Such a move — placing prohibitions on certain procedures for transgender children in the state’s constitution — would be unprecedented in the United States and likely impossible to reverse.
The debate is playing out while a lawsuit challenges the cons