As voters decide about abortion access in Missouri, Democratic candidate for governor is optimistic
Missouri is among the 10 states where abortion access propositions are on the ballot – and the Democratic candidate for governor says she’s confident Missourians are about to overturn the state’s strict ban on abortion.
"Abortion has been one of the number one topics of conversation in every place I've gone to all across the state," Democratic candidate for governor Crystal Quade, who currently serves as House minority leader in the state legislature, told ABC News on Monday. She added that she had heard about it even from self-identified Republicans who were impacted by the ban.
"Here in Missouri, we have one of the most drastic bans in the entire country … We are going to be overturning a ban," Quade said.
The campaign of Republican gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe did not respond to a request for an interview. He said at a debate in September, "[The amendment] goes way too far."
Mary Catherine Martin, Senior Counsel for the Thomas More Society and an attorney who argued in cases against the amendment, wrote in September, "We implore Missourians to research and study the text and effects of Amendment 3 before going to the voting booth."