Key facts
- In November 2024, Missourians passed Amendment 3 with 51.7% of the vote, putting reproductive freedom in the state constitution. Hawley opposed it.
- He is campaigning for the 2026 Amendment 3 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, which would replace it with a near-total ban.
- In September 2026 he launched a national “Declaration for Life” calling for a ban on mifepristone, the abortion pill.
2024: Missouri voters decided
In November 2024, Missourians passed Amendment 3 and put reproductive freedom in the state constitution, with 51.7% of the vote. Hawley opposed it.
2026: Hawley’s do-over on the November 3 ballot
Now he’s campaigning for the 2026 Amendment 3 on the November 3, 2026 ballot. It would repeal most of what voters just approved and replace it with a near-total ban, with rape and incest exceptions only up to 12 weeks. “I absolutely am going to be involved,” he told reporters. Read our explainer on the 2026 Amendment 3 fight.
Going national: the “Declaration for Life”
In September 2026 he took it national, launching a “Declaration for Life” that calls for banning mifepristone, the abortion pill, and urging Republican candidates to sign on.
Missouri voters made their decision in 2024. Hawley thinks he knows better than you, so he’s going to keep forcing the question until he gets the answer he wants. That’s not democracy. That’s a tantrum.
He’s done this before: ignoring what he told voters once it stopped being useful. And the same voters he’s overruling are the ones who depend on the Medicaid he voted to cut.