SiX in the Press: Lawmakers debate new constitutional amendment banning abortion in Missouri
Jennifer Driver, Senior Director of Reproductive Rights with State Innovation Exchange, a nonprofit focused on promoting progressive policies, said Missouri isn’t the first state where Republican lawmakers tested the limits of abortion legislation before taking incremental steps reversing it in response to backlash.
“Adding in exceptions does not work. It is a way to kind of pander to a base so that the bills and these measures don’t seem so extreme,” Driver said. “But we know the overwhelming number of people don’t actually report.”