Judge Rules Missouri Abortion Amendment Language Misleading, Orders Rewrite

Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker finds Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft's summary unfair and inaccurate, revises it for clarity.

The ruling affects the description of Amendment 3, set for a November vote to overturn Missouri's abortion ban.
Judge Walker's new language clarifies that the amendment would allow abortion regulation after fetal viability.
Ashcroft's original summary was criticized for using politically charged and misleading terms.
This marks a second legal defeat for Ashcroft over ballot language related to abortion rights.
A separate lawsuit seeking to block the amendment from the ballot is scheduled for trial.