“Ballot measures have been a lifeline to working people in red and purple states, allowing them to make change even when politicians fail to represent their interests. Legislators are trying to systematically take that power away,” Kelly Hall, the executive director of the Fairness Project, a nonprofit organization that helps progressive groups advance citizen-led ballot … Read more
Yet now abortion has been enshrined in the Missouri Constitution, and a litany of Republican officials are calling for lawmakers to put another constitutional amendment on the ballot rolling back those rights. “For years,” Harris said, “we’ve been discussing making it more difficult to put something in the state constitution. That’s something that Republicans need … Read more
Humphrey says a woman under her care had survived a heart attack not long before becoming pregnant and that conditions common in pregnancy, like hypertension and bleeding, could pose a threat to the patient’s life. But Humphrey says she cannot say how great that risk is, and even if she could, it’s unclear what the … Read more
