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Missouri Senate sets aside HJR73 after two hours of debate on reproductive health amendment
Summary
The Missouri Senate paused consideration of House Joint Resolution 73, a proposed constitutional amendment on reproductive health care, after roughly two hours of floor debate. Lawmakers voiced competing concerns about emergency care and whether the measure would overturn a voter-approved action from six months earlier.
The Missouri Senate in the final week of the 2025 regular legislative session set aside House Joint Resolution 73 after roughly two hours of floor debate on a proposed constitutional amendment relating to reproductive health care.
Senator Adam Schnelting of St. Charles, who handled the resolution in the upper chamber, argued that restricting the measure could endanger patients. "Women would be dying in our…
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