In 2023, Missouri passed the SAFE Act, restricting gender-transition treatments for minors. Missouri Revised Statutes §191.1720 🔴 GENDER TRANSITION SURGERIES Already banned for minors. This ban has NO expiration date and will remain in effect.

🟠 PUBERTY BLOCKERS & HORMONES Also prohibited for gender transition in minors, with limited exceptions. This restriction is scheduled to expire August 28, 2027.

🔵 WHAT HAPPENS IN 2027? Unless lawmakers act, the restriction on puberty blockers and hormone treatments will expire. The surgery ban will remain in place.

🟢 CAN LAWMAKERS EXTEND THE RESTRICTION? ABSOLUTELY. Missouri legislators can extend or permanently remove the August 2027 expiration date simply by passing legislation.

No public vote required. No constitutional amendment needed. No need to include it in Amendment 3.

SO WHAT WOULD AMENDMENT 3 DO? Amendment 3 would place restrictions on gender-transition treatments for minors into Missouri's Constitution. It would ALSO repeal the reproductive health care protections Missouri voters approved in 2024, allowing a near-total abortion ban with limited exceptions.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Missouri already restricts gender-transition care for minors. Lawmakers can extend the temporary restrictions without changing the Constitution. Know what's already law. Know what Amendment 3 would change. 📖 Source: Missouri Revised Statutes §191.1720

MISSOURI'S SAFE ACT: WHAT EXPIRES IN 2027? There have been a lot of questions—and considerable misinformation—about gender-affirming care for minors in Missouri and how it relates to Amendment 3. Let's clear up the confusion with the facts. 🇺🇲⬇️❤️🤍💙⬇️🇺🇲 Continued In Comments

So what does Amendment 3 actually do? It repeals the 2024 voter-approved amendment providing reproductive healthcare rights.

Adding an already-existing ban to ballot measure is called "ballot candy"—something that makes a yes vote more likely. But it’s one vote for two very different issues: a Yes on the ban, which already exists, is also a Yes on the repeal.

Those yard signs say "Ban Transgender Surgeries for Minors." Here's what they leave out. Missouri law already bans transgender surgery for minors. The SAFE Act passed in 2023 (Sec. 191.1720, RSMo). 🇺🇲⬇️❤️🤍💙⬇️🇺🇲 Continued In Comments

Why wait until Election Day if you don’t have to? Voting early means you won’t have to worry about something unexpected getting in the way on November 3 — bad weather, illness, car trouble, a last-minute work or family emergency, long lines, or other Election Day problems.

Make your vote a sure thing. Vote early. 📅 Early in-person voting: October 20 – November 2 🗳️ Election Day: November 3 You’ll vote at a location designated by your local election authority, so check the location and hours before you go.