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A Missouri appeals court is reviewing the ballot language for a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban most abortions.

Abortion rights advocates argue the summary is deceptive and violates a rule against ballot measures covering multiple subjects.

The proposed amendment would also ban gender-affirming care for minors, which opponents say is a separate issue from abortion.

A state appeals court was to hear arguments Wednesday, Dec. 3, over whether Missouri Republicans erred in how they drafted a constitutional amendment banning abortion that voters will see on next year’s ballot.

Last year, voters enshrined the right to abortion in the state constitution. The GOP-dominated legislature responded six months later by voting to put a new constitutional a

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