JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri appeals court panel ordered new wording Thursday for a ballot measure seeking to roll back abortion rights in the state, ruling that voters must be told the amendment would repeal “reproductive healthcare rights” they approved just one year ago.

The ruling marks the latest twist in a lengthy battle over Missouri's abortion laws, which have fluctuated from restrictive to permissive since the U.S. Supreme Court ended a nationwide right to abortion in 2022 by overturning Roe v. Wade .

The Supreme Court ruling triggered a Missouri law to take effect banning most abortions. But abortion-rights activists gathered petition signatures to place an amendment on the 2024 ballot allowing most abortions, which narrowly won voter approval .

The Republican-led

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