That’s what an Illinois based group is trying to do. The Secretary of State just approved ballot language for a constitutional amendment so that supporters can start gathering signatures. The text:

Shall Missouri law be amended to:

* make it illegal for a doctor to provide a woman with an abortion at any time during her pregnancy unless the doctor determines, either immediately or after extensive and documented emotional, psychological, physical, situational, and demographic evaluations, that the procedure is necessary to prevent imminent death or serious medical risks; and
* make it illegal for any person or entity to provide any drug, medical advice, or assistance for a woman to terminate her own pregnancy and subject them to a minimum fine of $800,000 plus attorney’s fees, regardless of any proof of injury?

It is estimated this proposal will have no costs or savings to state or local governmental entities.

Now was that so hard? A simple straightforward ballot summary that accurately represents its respective amendment language? It appears the SOS is not as afraid of the prospect of banning abortions as she is of banning human cloning. Read a side by side comparison of the Cures Without Cloning Amendment and the SOS’s grossly inaccurate ballot summary.

In other MO cloning news, maybe we should thank the Stowers and Amendment 2 for ensuring that NO state money gets spent on life destroying stem cell research.