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Civil Rights Groups Defend Constitutional Census in Missouri Challenge

“We are intervening in this case to defend a bedrock constitutional principle: everyone counts. Past attempts to rig the census at the expense of immigrants and communities of color have been struck down, and the court should do the same here.”
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Missouri Supreme Court Refuses to Block Transgender Health Care Ban

The decision not only allows the state to target transgender Missourians access to health care but also leaves everyone's health care options at the whims of politicians, should the care you depend on ever fall into the political arena.
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Missouri Voters Sue to Suspend Implementation of New Congressional Map Until Referendum Process is Complete

“By attempting to enact the new maps despite receiving more than 305,000 signatures from Missouri voters demanding a referendum, the Secretary of State is denying a longstanding tradition, judicial precedent, and our constitutional rights. For more than a century, the courts have upheld Missourians’ constitutional right to referendum, and we ask the courts to do the same with House Bill 1.”
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Appellate Court Rules Ballot Language for Anti-Abortion Measure Insufficient; Issues New Language

“ This amendment 3 not only imposes strict bans on health care for Missourians but allows the anti-abortion politicians to impose similar restrictions on abortion that prevented access to care.”