Missouri Judge Rejects Ballot Language; Mifepristone Case Transferred

Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green ordered Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to rewrite ballot language for a GOP-drafted constitutional amendment because his description failed to clearly notify voters it would repeal the abortion-rights amendment approved in 2024, finding one bullet point “insufficient and unfair.” Under a new state law, Hoskins has up to three attempts to craft acceptable language before a judge may step in; plaintiffs including the ACLU say his summaries are misleading by implying broader rights would be abolished, while the Missouri attorney general argues a literal “repeal” label is inaccurate because some protections (such as miscarriage care) would remain. Separately, a federal judge in Texas transferred a multi-state challenge to the FDA’s mifepristone approvals and access rules to a Missouri court after finding the filing states lacked sufficient ties to Amarillo, keeping the lawsuit alive. The suit seeks to limit mifepristone to seven weeks of pregnancy, impose additional in-person visit requirements, and challenge generic approvals, and reproductive-rights groups warned the transfer could route the case to judges aligned with Missouri’s attorney general.