{"id":2436246,"date":"2025-05-18T20:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T00:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-missouri-republicans-made-a-massive-error-with-new-ballot-measure\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T20:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T00:29:18","slug":"op-ed-missouri-republicans-made-a-massive-error-with-new-ballot-measure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-missouri-republicans-made-a-massive-error-with-new-ballot-measure\/","title":{"rendered":"Op-Ed: Missouri Republicans Made a Massive Error with New Ballot Measure"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fop-ed-missouri-republicans-made-a-massive-error-with-new-ballot-measure%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2436246&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text discusses the ongoing political debate surrounding abortion rights in missouri, following a recent ballot measure, Amendment 3, that enshrined a &#8220;basic right&#8221; to abortion in the state&#8217;s constitution. This amendment was narrowly passed by voters despite Missouri&#8217;s Republican control for over two decades. In response, the state legislature has approved House Joint Resolution 73, which aims to repeal Amendment 3. However, this resolution dose not <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fully eliminate abortion rights<\/a>; instead, it introduces some protections for abortions in cases of fetal anomaly, rape, or incest, effectively making abortion permissible under specified conditions while removing the existing constitutional right.<\/p>\n<p>This proposed measure has sparked a significant divide among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-remember-the-48th-annual-march-for-life\/\" title=\"Americans remember the 48th annual March for ...\">pro-life advocates<\/a>, as some view it as a compromise that still acknowledges abortion, while others criticize it for not fully repealing Amendment 3.The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-abolitionism-how-a-small-band-of-oklahoma-christians-is-shifting-the-pro-life-paradigm\/\" title=\"\u2018The New Abolitionism\u2019: How A Small Band Of Oklahoma Christians Is Shifting The Pro-... Paradigm\">pro-life establishment<\/a> has expressed support for the resolution, labeling it life-affirming, even as it may lead to moral dilemmas for anti-abortion voters who are uncomfortable with any form of legalized abortion. The article presents a critical perspective on the strategy employed by Republican lawmakers, suggesting that their approach might lead to continued abortion rights in the state instead of a decisive abolition of the practice.This debate highlights the complexities of enacting and reversing abortion legislation in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-left-nice-note-for-biden-when-leaving-office\/\" title=\"Trump left a &#039;nice note&#039; for Biden upon leaving office, he says.\">contentious political landscape<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Beyond the pivotal presidential election last year, voters in almost a dozen states had to consider the even more pivotal question of enshrining abortion into their state constitutions.<\/p>\n<p>Various wealthy progressives backed efforts to place abortion ballot measures before voters in 2024, offering them the chance to create a purported right to murder babies. While the states of Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota rejected those measures, the states of Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and New York ultimately approved them.<\/p>\n<p>Among the closest races was in Missouri, a deep-red state where Republicans have controlled the state legislature for over two decades, but where voters narrowly approved Amendment 3.<\/p>\n<p>That ballot measure, which some 51.6 percent of voters supported and 48.4 percent of voters opposed, thereby <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Missouri_Amendment_3,_Right_to_Reproductive_Freedom_Initiative_(2024)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">placed<\/a> a &ldquo;fundamental right&rdquo; to abortion in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/missouri-police-officer-charged-death-k-9-partner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Missouri<\/a> state constitution.<\/p>\n<p>But months later, Missouri now appears to be the first state with an abortion ballot measure that will try to repeal the provision. Republicans in the state legislature have approved House Joint Resolution 73, which would indeed <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.house.mo.gov\/billtracking\/bills251\/hlrbillspdf\/2454H.05T.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remove<\/a> Amendment 3 from the state constitution.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>While that may seem like a positive development, the <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.house.mo.gov\/billtracking\/bills251\/hlrbillspdf\/2454H.05T.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">text<\/a> of House Joint Resolution 73 does not merely remove Amendment 3. The new ballot measure, which could be presented to voters in 2026, also introduces protections for abortions in cases like &ldquo;fetal anomaly, rape, or incest.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That means <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-judge-rejects-religious-leaders-challenge-missouri-abortion-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion<\/a> would merely be enshrined in the state constitution to a lesser extent.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Rather than simply removing the abominable Amendment 3 from the Missouri state constitution, House Joint Resolution 73 actively codifies abortion in some cases,&rdquo; one <a href=\"https:\/\/faa.life\/articles\/missouri-anti-abortion-amendment-would-make-abolishing-abortion-much-harder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis<\/a> from the Foundation to Abolish Abortion cautioned. &ldquo;No children should be legally executed for the sins of their fathers, and sickness or disability are not reasons for execution either.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>House Joint Resolution 73 would allow abortions through most of the first trimester in the cases of rape and incest. The text also tries to distinguish between a &ldquo;disability&rdquo; in a preborn baby and a &ldquo;fetal anomaly,&rdquo; allowing the murder of the child in the latter case but not in the former case.<\/p>\n<p>Major pro-life establishment organizations in Missouri lauded the move. Missouri Right to Life, the state affiliate of National Right to Life, <a href=\"https:\/\/missourilife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Press-Release-on-House-Passage-of-HCS-HJR-73.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrated<\/a> the ballot measure while still advancing in the state legislature, even publicly calling the effort &ldquo;life-saving and life-affirming.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Other national pro-life establishment groups issued similar celebratory remarks.<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/sbaprolife.org\/newsroom\/press-releases\/missouris-pro-life-amendment-passes-legislature-heads-to-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America described the new ballot measure as a &ldquo;pro-life amendment to save lives, protect parents&rsquo; rights, and safeguard women and girls.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Missouri Republicans and their allies in the pro-life establishment could have merely issued a ballot measure to reverse Amendment 3. That effort passed with incredibly narrow margins last year, largely because pro-abortion financiers spent eight times more than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/anti-abortion-provision-budget-bill-spark-rebellion-among-cowardly-moderate-house-republicans-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-abortion<\/a> side.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Amendment 3 could be overturned with a more robust anti-abortion campaign next year, and with the added benefit of hindsight among anti-abortion voters. But the pro-life Republican establishment instead burdened House Joint Resolution 73 with pro-abortion components that merely enshrine somewhat less child sacrifice into the state constitution.<\/p>\n<p>That move will offer a moral crisis to many anti-abortion voters in the state of Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>Some citizens who may have otherwise knocked doors, made donations, or advocated for the overturn of Amendment 3 may reluctantly vote for House Joint Resolution 73, but they may have their <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AbolitionistFAA\/status\/1923077501653299419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zeal<\/a> to enact that ballot measure severely tampered. Others may entirely refuse to vote for House Joint Resolution 73 out of a disdain for supporting baby murder in any form.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While many of these Republican lawmakers and pro-life lobbyists may think they are employing prudential strategy in crafting a ballot measure they believe will pass, in the hope of mitigating the evil of Amendment 3, they are violating commands from God to exercise judgment without partiality,&rdquo; the Foundation to Abolish Abortion added. &ldquo;They are practicing another kind of child sacrifice by withholding legal protection from some children in the hopes of saving others.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>These lawmakers and lobbyists should have learned that their political four-dimensional chess is already a proven failure, as shown by the passage of Amendment 3 in their deep-red state.<\/p>\n<p>The rhetoric from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-hawley-says-biden-abortion-policies-are-an-insult\/\" title=\"Sen. Hawley says Biden ... policies are an insult\">pro-life groups<\/a> like Missouri Right to Life last year against Amendment 3 refrained from appealing to the consciences of anti-abortion Christian and conservative voters. Rather than simply warning that abortion murders babies, the organization <a href=\"https:\/\/missourilife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/10-Reasons-to-OPPOSE-Pro-Abortion-Amendment-3-MRL-8-16-24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">centered<\/a> their rhetoric on parental rights, protecting women, and other <a href=\"https:\/\/missourilifepac.org\/parental-consent-lp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tertiary<\/a> effects of Amendment 3 in an apparent effort to build a broader coalition against the ballot measure. That left anti-abortion voters, who would have otherwise voted to save babies, needlessly misinformed and confused.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond their evident failures in the electoral realm, the pro-life establishment in Missouri has refused to consider that God clearly does not approve of child sacrifice enshrined in state constitutions, and conservative Christians who fear God are inclined in the exact same way.<\/p>\n<p>In the name of prudence and pragmatism, the exact strategy they have employed to mitigate evil will now certainly result in continued evil, whether through the enshrinement of House Joint Resolution 73, or even the likelihood that their efforts to overturn Amendment 3 will not work.<\/p>\n<p>The defeat of pro-abortion forces in our land will not occur through cowardly and compromised leadership. The defeat of pro-abortion forces must occur through a bold and biblical refusal to make peace with child sacrifice. Only the latter can rally Christians to the cause of preborn babies legally <a href=\"https:\/\/faa.life\/articles\/missouri-house-committee-votes-against-abolition-bills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">murdered<\/a> under cover of law, and now with the protection of state constitutions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><i><b>The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either d or endorsed by the owners of this website. 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Wealthy progressive groups supported initiatives to present abortion-related ballot measures to voters in 2024, aiming to establish what they claim is a right to terminate pregnancies. While Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota rejected these measures, Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and New York approved them. One of the tightest contests occurred in Missouri-a traditionally Republican state where Amendment 3 was narrowly passed by 51.6% of voters. This amendment enshrined a &#8220;fundamental right&#8221; to abortion in Missouri&#8217;s constitution. However, months later, Missouri is poised to become the first state attempting to repeal this provision through House Joint Resolution 73 approved by Republican lawmakers. <\/p>\n<p>This resolution not only seeks to eliminate Amendment 3 but also introduces certain protections for abortions under circumstances like &#8220;fetal anomaly,&#8221; rape or incest-effectively maintaining some level of abortion rights within the constitution but at a reduced scope. Critics from organizations like the Foundation to Abolish Abortion argue that this approach still allows for child sacrifice under specific conditions and does not fully address moral concerns regarding abortion.<\/p>\n<p>While some pro-life groups have praised this legislative move as beneficial for life and parental rights-calling it a &#8220;pro-life amendment&#8221;-it raises ethical dilemmas among anti-abortion advocates who may feel conflicted about supporting any measure that permits abortions even under limited circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>The article suggests that instead of merely seeking repeal of Amendment 3 with clear anti-abortion messaging aimed at mobilizing support from conservative Christians opposed to child sacrifice laws enshrined in constitutions-the pro-life establishment has opted for a more compromised strategy which could ultimately perpetuate existing issues rather than resolve them effectively.<\/p>\n<p>The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those held by the website&#8217;s owners or management<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2436247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Michael-Featured-Image-2025-05-18T151841.821.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32912,55496,15322],"class_list":["post-2436246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ballot-measure","tag-missouri-republicans","tag-op-ed"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Michael-Featured-Image-2025-05-18T151841.821.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436246"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2436253,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436246\/revisions\/2436253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2436247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2436246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2436246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}