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.

An amendment to restore abortion rights in Missouri will be on the ballot, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

The Missouri Supreme Court rejected a bid on Tuesday to throw out a question on the ballot in November that will ask voters whether to establish a right to abortion in the state Constitution.

Abortion rights ballot measures​ in Nebraska and Missouri are facing legal challenges ahead of looming ballot certification deadlines.

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

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

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.

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.

The Missouri Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment, or Amendment 3, will be on Missouri's Nov. 5 ballot this year. The proposal recently defeated a court challenge by anti-abortion opponents. Video

Missouri residents will have abortion on the ballot after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Amendment 3 should be included in the November election.

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state’s planned question on abortion rights can stay on the ballot, after the state’s Republican attorney general tried to decertify it, as 10 states are set to have abortion on their November ballot—including some where the procedure is now banned.