Missouri's high court ruled to keep a ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights on the ballot in November.

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that an amendment to restore abortion rights in the state will be on the ballot.

Rep. Deb Lavender called for an override of a $2.5 million cut to a program that investigates seniors’ complaints of abuse and neglect in nursing homes.

The swift decision by the Missouri Supreme Court followed several 11th hour attempts by Republican politicians to keep the proposal off the ballot.

The court ruled hours before the state’s deadline for printing ballots for absentee voters, reversing the secretary of state who had invalidated the measure weeks after certifying it.

Missouri's top court on Tuesday ruled that a proposed abortion rights amendment to the state constitution will appear on the ballot in November. The decision will allow voters to decide whether to restore legal abortion in Missouri for the first time in more than two years.

Last month, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft certified Amendment 3 to appear on the ballot. He just changed his mind. Ashcroft sent an order on Monday “decertifying” the Amendment 3 petition set to appear on the ballot in November.

Missouri's top court on Tuesday ruled that a proposed abortion rights amendment to the state constitution will appear on the ballot in November, allowing voters to decide whether to restore legal abortion in Missouri for the first time in over two years.

A measure undoing Missouri’s near-total abortion ban will appear on the ballot in November, the state’s high court ruled Tuesday, marking the latest victory in a nationwide fight to have voters weigh in on abortion laws since federal rights to the procedure ended in 2022.

If passed in November by Missouri voters, the initiative would enshrine the right to an abortion in the state’s constitution.

Missouri voters will decide on Nov. 5 whether to overturn the state’s abortion ban after the state Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared away a final effort by anti-abortion activists to block a vote on a landmark proposal enshrining a right to abortion in the state constitution.