Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri Senate Bill SJR55 Compare Versions

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2	2	EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
3	3	and is intended to be omitted in the law.
4	4	FIRST REGULAR SESSION
5	5	SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 55
6	6	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
7	7	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR TRENT.
8	8	2482S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
9	9	JOINT RESOLUTION
10	10	Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment repealing section 36 of article I of
11	11	the Constitution of Missouri, relating to reproductive health care.
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13	13	Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein:
14	14	That at the next general election to be held in the 1
15	15	state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday 2
16	16	in November, 2026, or at a special election to be called by 3
17	17	the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to 4
18	18	the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or 5
19	19	rejection, the following amendment to article I of the 6
20	20	Constitution of the st ate of Missouri:7
21	21	Section A. Section 36, article I, Constitution of 1
22	22	Missouri, is repealed, to read as follows:2
23	23	[Section 36. 1. This Section shall be 1
24	24	known as "The Right to Reproductive Freedom 2
25	25	Initiative". 3
26	26	2. The Government shall not deny or 4
27	27	infringe upon a person's fundamental right to 5
28	28	reproductive freedom, which is the right to make 6
29	29	and carry out decisions about all matters 7
30	30	relating to reproductive health care, including 8
31	31	but not limited to prenatal care, childbirth, 9
32	32	postpartum care, birth control, abortion care, 10
33	33	miscarriage care, and respectful birthing 11
34	34	conditions. 12
35	35	3. The right to reproductive freedom shall 13
36	36	not be denied, interfered with, delayed, or 14
37	37	otherwise restricted unless the Government 15
38	38	demonstrates that such action is justified by a 16 SJR 55 2
39	39	compelling governmental interest achieved by the 17
40	40	least restrictive means. Any denial, 18
41	41	interference, delay, or restriction of the right 19
42	42	to reproductive freedom shall be presumed 20
43	43	invalid. For purposes of this Section, a 21
44	44	governmental interest is compelling only if it 22
45	45	is for the limited purpose and has the limited 23
46	46	effect of improving or maintaining the health of 24
47	47	a person seeking care, is consistent with widely 25
48	48	accepted clinical standards of practice and 26
49	49	evidence-based medicine, and does not infringe 27
50	50	on that person's autonomous decision -making. 28
51	51	4. Notwithstanding subsection 3 of this 29
52	52	Section, the general assembly may enact laws 30
53	53	that regulate the provision of abortion after 31
54	54	Fetal Viability provided that under n o 32
55	55	circumstance shall the Government deny, 33
56	56	interfere with, delay, or otherwise restrict an 34
57	57	abortion that in the good faith judgment of a 35
58	58	treating health care professional is needed to 36
59	59	protect the life or physical or mental health of 37
60	60	the pregnant person. 38
61	61	5. No person shall be penalized, 39
62	62	prosecuted, or otherwise subjected to adverse 40
63	63	action based on their actual, potential, 41
64	64	perceived, or alleged pregnancy outcomes, 42
65	65	including but not limited to miscarriage, 43
66	66	stillbirth, or abortion. Nor shall any person 44
67	67	assisting a person in exercising their right to 45
68	68	reproductive freedom with that person's consent 46
69	69	be penalized, prosecuted, or otherwise subjected 47
70	70	to adverse action for doing so. 48
71	71	6. The Government shall not discriminate 49
72	72	against persons providing or obtaining 50
73	73	reproductive health care or assisting another 51
74	74	person in doing so. 52
75	75	7. If any provision of this Section or the 53
76	76	application thereof to anyone or to any 54
77	77	circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of 55
78	78	those provisions and the app lication of such 56
79	79	provisions to others or other circumstances 57
80	80	shall not be affected thereby. 58
81	81	8. For purposes of this Section, the 59
82	82	following terms mean: 60 SJR 55 3
83	83	(1) "Fetal Viability", the point in 61
84	84	pregnancy when, in the good faith judgment of a 62
85	85	treating health care professional and based on 63
86	86	the particular facts of the case, there is a 64
87	87	significant likelihood of the fetus's sustained 65
88	88	survival outside the uterus without the 66
89	89	application of extraordinary medical measures. 67
90	90	(2) "Government", 68
91	91	a. the state of Missouri; or 69
92	92	b. any municipality, city, town, village, 70
93	93	township, district, authority, public 71
94	94	subdivision or public corporation having the 72
95	95	power to tax or regulate, or any portion of two 73
96	96	or more such entities within the state of 74
97	97	Missouri.] 75
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