More money raised for abortion rights ahead of MO Amendment 3 vote [Video]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Abortion rights have been a huge topic and driving factor in both Kansas and Missouri races over the last couple of years.

Amendment 3 is on the ballot this November in Missouri.

KSHB 41 I-Team reporter Sarah Plake looked at who’s funding the campaigns for and against Amendment 3.

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She compared it to the constitutional amendment supporters named Value Them Both in Kansas, which was soundly rejected in the 2022 primary election.

Kansas voters decided to keep abortion care legal.

It was the first post-Roe vote, a race predicted to set the tone in primary elections and have far-reaching implications.

Missouri’s Amendment 3 would remove the state’s near-total abortion ban.

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Missouri immediately passed a “trigger law,” which enacted the abortion ban that only provides exceptions for a medical emergency.

There are no exceptions for rape and …