Pro-life Action Day Promotes Born-Alive Bill, 2026 Amendment
Missouri Right to Life saw hundreds of supporters from across the state descend on the Missouri State Capitol on March 11. It was the annual “Show-Me Life Action Day: when voters visit lawmakers to encourage support for pro-life laws and to begin mobilizing for a 2026 constitutional amendment campaign.
Organizers scheduled the event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Capitol rotunda and hosted Melissa Ohden, founder of The Abortion Survivors Network, as keynote speaker.
The rally came at a pivotal moment for Missouri’s pro-life movement. Missouri Right to Life, other pro-life organizations like LibertyLink, and allied lawmakers are trying to restore pro-life protections after voters approved Amendment 3 in 2024, creating a right to abortion in the Missouri Constitution. It also legalized gender transition surgery for children. Missouri Right to Life says this year’s ballot measure will give voters a chance to restore respect for women and babies in the state constitution.
That ballot measure is set for the Nov. 3, 2026, election. A yes vote would repeal the 2024 pro-abortion amendment, prohibit most abortions except in limited cases, allow broader abortion industry health and other regulation, require parental consent for minors’ abortions and prohibit gender-transition procedures for minors.
Pro-abortion advocates had taken the amendment language to court but a judge approved a rewritten version in October 2025.
The March 11 rally also spotlighted House Bill 1667, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. Missouri legislative summaries say the bill would require a child born alive during or after an abortion to receive the same care as any other live-born child. The measure passed the Missouri House on Feb. 5 and was referred to the Senate Families, Seniors and Health Committee on Feb. 26.
Lt. Gov. David Wasinger, State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick and Rep. Holly Jones addressed the crowd, urging pro-life Missourians to organize for the fall campaign and for passage of the born-alive bill. Ohden told attendees Missouri should be a state that shows up for mothers in need and for children like me whose voices are not heard.
–Metro Voice
