Abortion is on the ballot again as post-Roe policies continue to evolve

In Missouri, a "yes" vote on Amendment 3 in 2024 supported adding abortion protections to the state constitution. But in 2026, a "no" vote on Amendment 3 would keep those protections. Kelly McCoomb altered her sign from 2024 with duct tape and placed it back in her yard in Maplewood, Missouri. Bram Sable-Smith/KFF Health News hide caption

MAPLEWOOD, Mo. — After Missouri voters added abortion protections to the state constitution in 2024, Kelly McCoomb decided to keep her yard sign supporting the measure in the basement of her suburban St. Louis home.

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Abortion access is important to McCoomb. She wants her daughter to grow up in a state where the option is available if needed, and the sign was a keepsake from the day Missourians voted to reverse the state's near-total ban.

McCoomb also couldn't shake the feeling that she'd need to display the sign in her yard again soon.

"I have little faith in our Missouri government," McCoomb said, sitting on her front porch.

Sure enough, just two years later, the state's Republican-dominated legislature is asking Missouri voters to overturn the abortion protections they recently supported. The conflicting measures even have the same title: Amendment 3.

But while a "yes" vote in 2024 supported adding protections to the state constitution, a "no" vote in 2026 would keep them. McCoomb covered the "YES" on her yard sign with a "NO" made from black duct tape before placing the sign back in her yard.