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Pro-con: How should Missouri vote on Amendment 3 about abortion rights? | Opinion

Two guest authors weigh in on both sides of the issue voters will decide on Election Day.
Two guest authors weigh in on both sides of the issue voters will decide on Election Day. USA Today Network file photos

Today, two guest authors with different backgrounds offer their perspectives on what voters should consider before deciding on Missouri Amendment 3, which would overturn the state’s abortion ban.

Jennifer Widhalm, a mother of seven from Clay County, writes that the language of the amendment is too broad and would open the door to unqualified people providing.

University of Missouri-Kansas City medical student Gabriella Thornton shares the story of her grandmother, a physician who discovered that she might die if she continued her pregnancy.

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