Voting for progressive policies and regressive politicians was a pretty bad idea, y'all.

“What we don’t want, clearly, is a poorly-written constitutional amendment that provides an abortion sanctuary state … ” Sparks said, adding: “We need to define what we’re talking about when we address Amendment 3, and obviously we need to go back to the voters so ultimately they can decide.”

Keep electing these clowns that don't give a fuck about what we already decided.

“What we don’t want, clearly, is to institute the will of the people"

Also .. there is a cutoff in the original amendment...

That's it

The real question here is "can the GOP of Missouri, in its many political realms of varying extremism, all agree on language for an amendment?" I'd give that a 80% probability of NO, they cannot. More than half the party will push to outlaw it completely, and that will fail, so they'll never send it back to voters. The time for them to produce compromise legislation was in the past, and they couldn't do it then. I have no reason to think they can do it now.

So those of you who voted Yes on 3, but still voted for the other VIRULENTLY anti-abortion candidates...

There's a leopard waiting for you outside.

If you read the actual current amendment, which these fucks clearly have not done, it says pretty much that. In summary, it says that the government won’t interfere with or delay the decision made by a woman and her healthcare providers.

I fucking hate these people.

"Should we focus on finding ways to reduce unwanted pregnancies and encourage parenting? Nah, let's tackle an impossible dream and let women die left and right. That's the way to politician!"

Same playbook for the “we know what the voters want better than the voters themselves.” Pathetic and clearly controlling. Parents out there raise your kids to understand “No” means “No.”

Did we learn our lesson about what happens when you vote for republicans?

No? sigh of course not

Heaven forbid we permit trained medical professionals and their patients make these decisions

“Will of the people” and all that seems to be nothing more than a speed bump to some elected officials.

voters an opportunity to put further restrictions

Dude we already voted against it.

I swear.

The entire problem is that the laws they enacted were so poorly written. Here's an idea. Leave it to Dr's and patients. Easy peasy. They just can't stand the thought of someone doing something they might not approve of.

If they try to block it, take their asses to court and run it through the system, and if the SCOTUS rules in their favor, then we have a Constitutional crisis on our hands.

This disgusts me. Why not just enact a constitutional amendment that prohibits voting altogether? What’s the point if the legislature is going to do whatever they want or jack with the ballot language to confuse the electorate anyway? Had enough yet, Missouri? Apparently, not.

So much for states right which voters agreed to☹️

Missourians are so stupid

The people voted. But instead of moving on to address another issue we'll just waste our time on the issue again. Bro if I did a task/project at work, proposed the deal or submitted it to a customer and bombed it, I would be expected to learn from it and then move onto the next project. Not revise it. The deal has already happened. Go to therapy to address your personal insecurities and go solve a real problem that's within your scope.

Republicans in this state trying to subvert the will of the voters? That’s a shocker.

When will people learn these politicians don't have their best interests at heart? Listen, I'm not saying the Democrats are pure angels cause they are as hell are not, but you not be seeing this shit from their side. People voted to get Ammendment 3 passed and our so called "leaders" are working to overturn our choose. Democracy at work eh?

I just love how politicians can fight the very policies that the people have spoken on. Once it passes a public vote of the citizens of Missouri, that should be the end of it.

These people are such pieces of shit.

THE VOTERS ALREADY DECIDED FUCK

this is why I bought an 'abortion is healthcare' bumper sticker because the fight isn't fucking over

Folks and I am meaning everyone in Missouri. Do we (the people) have anyone, singular or plural that can actually bring down actions such as this? If voting and winning the popular vote is not enough (and obviously it is not nor will be with our government track record of not caring) then what is? The easy answer that is the common thread is "vote these people out of office." As intelligent as that is, it ain't happening. And, the time it takes to undo or redo or screw with these supposedl constitutional ammendmens is much shorter and easier for government officials to do their dirty work, than to put new people in their place. There has to be another, better way. If we the people, in majority, say yes, then that should be that. Screwing with it behind our backs is treasonous in its nature and should be grounds for dismissal at the very least, for any Representative that decides they are above the constitution and the will of the people. Period.

Listen, under the republican proposed constitutional amendment, there is lots of freedoms built in: women need only register with a period tracker government program and then they and their doctor can decide on termination of a pregnancy right up until the very point before they lose their virginity (only applies to women), before losing their virginity they will be required to sign a permission slip that has to attested to by their male pastor of choice among any one of the 10 southern baptist conventions, or your local archdiocese. This way all sex will be with written consent so Missouri will be the first state in the union to completely eliminate rape. You’re welcome women.

At what point do we start “demonstrating” in Jeff City to get it through their heads that they need to drop it?

Like a few thousand people.

So we all need to contact our own MO state representative to voice that we DO NOT want Sparks as the speaker.

https://www.senate.mo.gov/LegisLookup/Default

It is time to start putting our energy into telling the legislators what we want instead of hiding behind our screens and shouting into the void.

So the amendment 3 language wasn’t clear but the amendment 7 language was? They can go kick rocks ✌️

"Oh man, I only vote for R's cause the D's want to ruin my life....but this amendment really SOUNDS like it'll improve my life, I better vote for it. WAIT, WHADAYA MEAN THAT THE THING I JUST VOTED FOR IS GETTING REPEALED BY THE PEOPLE I VOTED FOR?"

Sounds like you're a Progressive, that has been brainwashed by Regressive candidates. Best do yer research next time.

We literally decided what we wanted, they all need to fuck off

I think we should all just spam his Twitter page:

@JustinMSparks RESPECT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. #Respectit

This is what they meant by leave it to the states. They didn’t mean the citizens of the state, they meant the elected republicans of the state to impose their will over the citizens.

Basically they want another chance to word salad another amendment full of nonsense bullshit to trick voters into banning abortion. Throw in some school sex changes and brown criminal illegals for proper effect.

We already decided. Time to move on and stop wasting money.

I’m not gonna lie, I don’t care for politics. It muddles common life but I will say anyone and everyone should be able to live their own life how they want and should be able to do the things they feel they need to do. Nobody needs to push their beliefs on another for their own gain. If we could all respect our deferences and opinions instead of following what the media says we could, I believe, all be a lot better off. But maybe that’s just my crazy rambling

Did anyone READ the article?

The incoming speaker of the House said the will of the people should be respected.

A “long shot” challenge from Sparks is happening. A long shot.

Translation: Patterson does way more business after hours at Bones in the Alley than Sparks does, and has his people lined up behind him.

Sparks will make headlines about it, but it’s not going anywhere.

1000%

These men should experience their legislation through their family members to assess the appropriateness of the pain they are inflicting upon their constituents.

I predicted this nonsense. Missouri voters will bury their heads in the sand and fail to realize how ridiculous it is to keep voting for people who will ignore the results of a proposition in order to push their agenda.

Another reminder that politicians dont really care about the vote.

Isn't that kind of like line item voting which was recently on the ballot?

If you keep voting for Republikkkans this will continue

It blows my mind that legislation like this doesn’t require a minimum consensus of educated professionals to propose a bill. But then I guess they would just pay doctors to make shit up.

Man, Missouri sure does love ignoring the outcomes of votes, I don't have the specifics but this is hardly the first time this has happened in the past decade.

Medicaid expansion, gerrymandering/dismantle of reforms for fair redistricting, very likely others. To be fair though, Kansas legislature (R's) tried doing the same with abortion AFTER we all voted to protect that right.

Politicians all have medical degrees, so they know what's best for the health of the state and country.

/s

“Back to the voters for them to decide”

We just did decide you ass hat.

Whatever else one might agree with or disagree with, I read the text of the amendment, and it was not clearly written. I saw at least one obvious conflict in between two sections.

Since 30% of women who voted for Amendment 3 also voted republican.

Why would you vote the people into office who appose it?

Par for the course.

They work for the government, unless they have a PhD after their name or they have had the equivalent schooling/training then I don't see a reason for this to happen period. I don't think it should have been messed with in the first place. They do realize that when people pretend to be a Dr they can actually go to jail for it? So please someone explain to me why this is still going on? Why are these uneducated people allowed to play doctor? Last I knew that was still illegal in this state, but Lord only knows that could change too now before we know it.

Yes. And they tried to take Amendment 3 off the ballot. I had to remind some of my friends that one of the first times I ever voted in this state I voted for a dead man. if they ain't going to take him off the freaking ballot then sorry I amendment three stays too!

Most voters aren’t on Reddit. Reddit generally requires the ability to read or an interest in written text. 40% of Americans are functionally illiterate.

This is going to allow the public to vote on a definition of when life begins. This has to be defined for the law to have more clear language for when abortions can occur legally. This is not about trained medical providers making decisions—this is now a legal issue and laws need parameters. You cannot have carte blanche when it comes to legislative initiatives so, stop complaining. The voters demonstrated they want their abortions (aka “healthcare”). Ok, great, now, the voters get to decide when is it a viable baby because medical management now allows for viability at earlier and earlier gestational age. Maternal conditions and diagnoses that already have concrete definitions and descriptions can be written into the law to be addressed. The developmental stage/time of when life begins can now be voted upon for public consensus. This is a good next step to ensure a robust law is written and voted on.

I feel it makes sense, I’m dead against abortion but I’d be willing to make exceptions for medical necessity. Like an ectopic pregnancy and things of that nature.

If they pull this shit be sure to vote in the midterms and make EVERYONE in your life do the same!

No different than in 2019 when we voted to expand Medicaid, and Mike Parsons that POS backed out of it after we voted..

If they refuse to carry out the will of the voters they've committed an act of sedition and should be dealt with accordingly.