Missouri Appeals Court Rejects 'Dangerous' Abortion Ballot Summary

A Missouri appeals court has ruled against Republican-written ballot summaries that described abortion-rights amendments as allowing "dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth." The court found the summaries to be politically partisan and largely upheld rewritten summaries that were more impartial. Ballot summaries are used to help voters understand constitutional amendments and policy changes. Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, who wrote the original summaries, plans to appeal the ruling.