Campaign to overturn Missouri's near-total abortion ban reports nearly $5 million haul

JEFFERSON CITY — The signature-gathering campaign to overturn Missouri’s near-total abortion ban has raised more than $4.8 million since launching in mid-January, according to information filed Monday with the Missouri Ethics Commission.

The campaign Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, in that time, has also spent more than $3.4 million, ending the most recent fundraising quarter with nearly $1.5 million on hand.

Snapshots of the campaign fundraising quarter — which wrapped at the end of March — show the abortion-rights campaign significantly leading opponents in the fundraising race as the May 5 deadline to submit voter signatures approaches.

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, must submit at least 171,592 signatures at that time, though organizers are aiming for a much higher number.




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