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The Missouri Supreme Court Justices Kelly Broniec, Robin Ransom, Brent Powell, Mary Russell, Zel Fischer, Paul Wilson and Ginger Gooch take the bench to hear a case questioning whether an amendment to overturn the state's abortion ban will remain on the November ballot, Sept. 10, 2024, in Jefferson City, Mo. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, Pool)
Abortion opponents stand outside the Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City, Mo., on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, after the court heard arguments over whether an abortion-rights amendment should go before voters this year. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
People gather outside the Missouri Supreme Court building on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Jefferson City, Mo., in advance of oral arguments on whether to remove an abortion rights constitutional amendment from the general election ballot. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)
A vehicle passes in front of the Missouri Supreme Court building on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Jefferson City, Mo., in advance of oral arguments on whether an abortion rights constitutional amendment should be removed from the general election ballot. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)
FILE - Missouri residents and pro-choice advocates react to a speaker during Missourians for Constitutionals Freedom kick-off petition drive, Feb. 6, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)
Amendment 3 supporters Luz Maria Henriquez, second from left, executive director of the ACLU Missouri, celebrates with Mallory Schwarz, center, of Abortion Action Missouri, after the Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City, Mo., ruled that the amendment to protect abortion rights would stay on the November ballot in on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Chuck Hatfield, an attorney for Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, argues before the Missouri Supreme Court that an amendment to overturn the state's abortion ban should remain on the state's November ballot, Sept. 10, 2024, in Jefferson City. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, Pool)
Mary Catherine Martin of the conservative Thomas More Society argues before the Missouri Supreme Court that an amendment to overturn the state's abortion ban should be removed from the state's November ballot, Sept. 10, 2024, in Jefferson City. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, Pool)