密苏里州11月3日公投第3号修正案：拟推翻2024年堕胎权入宪条款，浸信会全力动员
位于美国密苏里州首府 Jefferson City 的州议会大厦是该州立法机构所在地。密苏里州选民11月3日将就第3号宪法修正案投票表决：该修正案一旦通过，将推翻2024年公投写入州宪法的堕胎权条款，改为除特定情形外禁止堕胎。密苏里州美南浸信会信徒正全力动员，呼吁选民投票支持。
密苏里州的堕胎法律近年几度反复。在美国联邦最高法院推翻「罗伊诉韦德案」之前，该州堕胎合法至胎儿存活期；最高法院推翻该判例后，州议会此前通过的堕胎禁令随即生效，堕胎一度全面非法。2024年，选民以微弱优势通过公投，把堕胎权写入州宪法，现行规定允许堕胎至胎儿存活期，一般为怀孕23至24周。
第3号修正案的具体内容包括：废除2024年选民通过的、保障包括胎儿存活期前堕胎在内的生殖医疗权利的宪法条款；允许在强奸与乱伦（限怀孕12周以内）、医疗紧急情况与胎儿异常情形下堕胎；允许州议会立法规范堕胎；确保未成年人堕胎须经父母同意；并禁止对未成年人实施变性医疗程序。
密苏里浸信会大会（Missouri Baptist Convention）执行主任 Wes Fowler 在投票前广泛发声支持修正案，包括登上伦理与宗教自由委员会的播客、在该会刊物《The Pathway》发表社论。该会2026年年会本周早些时候通过决议，明确表态支持第3号修正案，并表示将继续通过全州浸信会教会接触有需要的妇女与家庭。Fowler 在10月13日的文章中写道：「我第一个承认，第3号修正案还不够彻底——它允许乱伦、强奸与胎儿异常等例外——但它比我们现在的状况好得多。」密苏里浸信会基督徒生活委员会还印制了说明小册子，呼吁选民11月3日投票支持修正案。
密苏里州州长 Mike Kehoe 与妻子 Claudia 同为天主教徒，也公开支持该修正案。两人在10月27日发表的公开信中呼吁信仰群体动员会众投票支持：「我们相信，有信仰的人可以在这场选举中发挥作用，但这需要我们所有人共同努力。」
（据 Baptist Press 报道）
Missouri Voters to Decide Amendment 3 on November 3: Measure Would Repeal the 2024 Abortion-Rights Amendment
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri voters will decide Amendment 3 on November 3, a proposed constitutional amendment that would repeal the abortion rights voters wrote into the state constitution in 2024 and instead outlaw abortion except in specified cases. Missouri Southern Baptists are campaigning heavily for voters to approve the measure.
Missouri's abortion law has swung back and forth in recent years. Abortion was legal until fetal viability before the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade; immediately after the high court's action, a legislatively approved ban took effect and abortion became illegal. That was short-lived: in 2024 voters narrowly approved a ballot initiative enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution, and current law allows abortions until fetal viability, generally reached at 23 or 24 weeks of pregnancy.
As titled, Amendment 3 would repeal the 2024 voter-approved amendment providing reproductive healthcare rights, including abortion through fetal viability; allow abortions for rape and incest (under 12 weeks' gestation), emergencies and fetal anomalies; allow legislation regulating abortion; ensure parental consent for minors' abortions; and prohibit gender transition procedures for minors.
Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Director Wes Fowler has widely advocated for the amendment ahead of the vote, appearing on an Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission podcast and writing an editorial in the MBC news journal The Pathway. Messengers to the 2026 MBC annual meeting earlier this week passed a resolution voicing support for Amendment 3 and vowing to continue reaching out through Missouri Southern Baptist churches to women and families in need. "I'm the first to admit that Amendment 3 doesn't go far enough — it allows exceptions for incest, rape, and fetal anomalies — but it's so much better than what we have now," Fowler wrote on October 13. The Missouri Baptist Christian Life Commission also produced an explanatory brochure urging voters to approve the amendment.
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe and his wife Claudia, Roman Catholics, also support the amendment. In a letter posted on October 27, the two urged people of faith to encourage their congregations to vote yes on Amendment 3 on November 3.
(Source: Baptist Press)
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图片来源：图：位于 Jefferson City 的密苏里州议会大厦北侧。Katherine Dowler 摄，CC BY-SA 授权，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, north side. Photo by Katherine Dowler, CC BY-SA, via Wikimedia Commons.
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