LEARN WHY AMENDMENT 3
IS WRONG FOR MISSOURI
BABIES CAN FEEL PAIN
AT 12 WEEKS
Amendment 3 contains absolutely no protections or safeguards for unborn children. It assumes that pregnancy involves only one patient—the pregnant mom—while ignoring the basic medical reality that the child before birth should also be acknowledged and cared for. This extreme amendment would legalize abortion through all nine months of pregnancy, while allowing the possibility of regulating abortion after “fetal viability.” However, a statement from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists indicates “it is impossible to definitively declare viability” and that the organization “strongly discourages the inclusion of viability in legislation or regulation.” Current neuroscientific evidence suggests a fetus (“fetus” is the Latin word for “unborn child”) may experience pain as early as 12 weeks, well before the arbitrary standard of “viability” proposed in this amendment. A fetal child may not experience pain in exactly the same way as an adult, but she does indeed experience pain as a real sensation. The unborn child’s humanity and ability to experience pain is completely disregarded by amendment 3.
AMENDMENT 3 ALLOWS
MEN IN WOMEN’S SPACES
Amendment 3 would also open the door to allowing biological males who identify as transgender females to enter girls’ locker rooms, use women’s restrooms, and participate on girls’ sports teams. Abortion-rights advocates may claim this amendment is only intended to affect women’s rights, but the wording suggests otherwise. The amendment states the Government may not “infringe upon a person’s fundamental right to reproductive freedom.” As “person” clearly includes males as well as females, the amendment would be used to create new constitutional rights for transgender “women” (biological males) who demand access to traditionally “women-only” spaces. Thus, an amendment supposedly protecting “women’s rights” will turn into a vehicle for males to invade private spaces and activities previously belonging solely to biological females.
AMENDMENT 3 IS
ABORTION ON-DEMAND
Amendment 3 is abortion on demand, for any reason, including as a method of birth control. It even allows sex selective abortion where the parents are unhappy with the baby’s gender. It also permits late-term abortions for “mental health” reasons, and provides no legal protection for fully viable babies who survive a failed abortion attempt. The State would be unable to prohibit partial birth abortions, a horrific practice where much of the baby’s body is delivered and the child’s skull is then crushed or her brain is suctioned out. Amendment 3 would also abolish health and safety regulations as well as local zoning provisions for abortion facilities. Women who are injured would be unable to sue incompetent abortion providers for negligence and malpractice. Non-physicians would also be permitted to do abortions, increasing the risk of injury to the mother.
Parents would be shut out of having a legal say in what happens to their minor children. Current state law requires minors to obtain parental consent before having an abortion or undergoing gender-altering procedures. Amendment 3 would be used to strip parental rights and give minors a right to obtain any type of "reproductive" medical care, including birth control, abortion, and gender-altering procedures, all without parental knowledge or consent. That is because the amendment creates a "fundamental right to reproductive freedom" for ALL persons (including children) with NO exceptions or limitations based on age. Minors are not allowed to get their ears pierced or have other medical treatment without parental consent, but this amendment would crush parental rights, granting minors unrestricted access to abortion and gender-transition treatment. As has happened in other states, parents could lose custody of their minor child simply for opposing the child’s desire to be a different gender. .
PARENTS WILL BE SHUT-OUT
Because of the extremely broad way Amendment 3 is worded, it is very likely that taxpayers would be forced to pay for abortions and gender-transition procedures. This is because abortion supporters will claim that bans on public funding of abortion and gender-altering procedures hinder the “fundamental reproductive right” created by the amendment. Supporters of this amendment have even admitted in court that it could be used to overturn existing state law prohibiting public funds being used to pay for abortions, thus forcing public funding of abortion and transgender medical treatments. Even many people who generally favor legal abortion are appalled at the idea of being required against their will to help pay for this procedure.
TAX-PAYER FUNDED
ABORTIONS
Amendment 3 would overrule current state law that prohibits gender transition procedures such as genital-altering surgeries and puberty-blocking hormones on minors. This law was passed after a whistleblower employee at a Missouri Transgender Center came forward and accused the facility of dispensing drugs to children against their parents’ wishes, administering cross-sex hormones to mentally ill children, and ignoring the deteriorating physical and mental health conditions of patients. The amendment creates a new “fundamental right to reproductive freedom” with NO limitations based on the age at which these “freedoms” apply. As a result, it would mandate that minors may receive so-called “gender-affirming” care including powerful hormones and dangerous genital-mutilating surgeries that cause irreversible sterility—all without parental knowledge or consent.
WOULD LEGALIZE
DANGEROUS GENDER
SURGERIES FOR MINORS
More Resources
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Amendment 3 Markup
This immensely informative markup of the Amendment 3 language exposes in-depth, the deception being proposed at the ballot box. This provides all the information you need to know about this Amendment. Graciously provided by Missouri Stands with Women, Inc.
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Amendment 3 Abortion Fact Sheet
This fact sheet, generously provided by Philip J. Sherman, outlines important information you should know about abortion in the United States. This informative document goes in-depth answering many burning questions you might have about abortion.
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Unsafe: America's Abortion Industry Endangers Women
Unsafe tells the story of how the abortion industry bet everything on a strategy of total repeal of the nation’s abortion laws, believing against the evidence that abortion would be safe if it were just made legal. America’s women lost that bet—big time—when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down abortion laws in all 50 states in Roe v. Wade. Unsafe is the comprehensive, documented record of the tragic consequences of that decision. Provided by Americans United for Life.
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Video Explanation of Amendment 3
This great video from Coalition Life goes in-depth on Amendment 3. This is a great resource for informing yourself and others.
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Statement from Leaders Opposing Amendment 3
This open letter, signed by many leaders in Missouri regarding the dangerous of Amendment 3.
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Ten Reasons to Oppose Amendment 3: Legal Analysis by Missouri Right to Life
This important legal analysis provided by Missouri Right to Life is a great resource for learning why Amendment 3 is wrong for Missouri.
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MISSOURI SUPREME COURT BRIEF AGAINST AMENDMENT 3
This Missouri Supreme Court brief details how the Amendment 3 initiative petition failed to comply with state law and deceives voters about its effects, including creating a new "super" right, allowing men to access women's spaces, and requiring public funding of abortion.
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MPCF Resource Page
Our resources page provides several well designed and helpful tools for informing yourself and others about the dangers of Amendment 3. Please feel free to use and distribute these important resources.
