"A yes vote for this is not a vote to overturn anything. It is a vote to ensure that the courts will have to fight this out for a long time," said Republican state Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman.
"It will feel tremendously different to us to say, 'Missourians have a constitutional right. If you're going to interfere with it, you've got to have a pretty good cause,'" she said.
"Still, the measure would mean that 'the wind will be at our back' in court fights to overturn restrictions," said Emily Wales, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains.
Coleman, who is also a conservative constitutional lawyer, said the Republican-dominated Legislature could also go back to voters to ask them to undo the amendment if it passes.
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