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This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment in Missouri that would establish comprehensive provisions related to reproductive health care. The amendment would require parental notification and consent for minors seeking reproductive health care, except in medical emergencies, and broadly defines reproductive health care to include prenatal care, childbirth, contraception, abortion, miscarriage, and ectopic pregnancy care. It explicitly states that protecting women's health and safety during reproductive care are legitimate governmental interests and establishes that laws regulating such care must be rationally related to those interests. The resolution would ensure that women receiving reproductive health care have the same legal protections as those receiving other medical care, prohibit mandatory public or private funding of reproductive health care, and mandate that legal challenges to reproductive health care laws must be filed in Cole County Circuit Court. Notably, the amendment would give the Missouri Supreme Court exclusive appellate jurisdiction over such challenges. If approved by voters in the 2026 general election, this constitutional amendment would provide a comprehensive legal framework for reproductive health care rights and regulations in Missouri.

Government Affairs, Health and Social Services

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HJR54&year=2025&code=R