Missouri Supreme Court puts abortion rights back on the ballot [Video]

Missouri voters will make their voices heard on abortion rights this November.A decision handed down by the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed a decision that led to Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s decertification of Amendment 3 on Monday.The decision should be the deciding factor on whether or not Missourians will get to vote on the amendment. If passed, it would provide constitutional protection for abortion in the state.The ruling came just hours ahead of a deadline to place measures on November’s absentee ballots before printing at 5 p.m. on Tuesday. In decertifying the amendment, Ashcroft cited a lower court’s ruling on a suit that was issued late Friday out of Cole County, saying the amendment was invalid because it did not include which laws would be repealed if passed.Backers of the amendment took issue with that argument because laws would be superseded and overlap with current law if …