Editor's note: Our full slate of endorsement for Tuesday's election is listed at the bottom.
Amendment 3, on the Nov. 5 ballot, would protect reproductive rights in Missouri. Nothing in the language of the amendment addresses transgender health care, directly or indirectly. And by no rational legal or medical stretch could it be interpreted that way.
That’s the widespread judgment of medical and legal experts recently interviewed by the Missouri Independent, among others. It’s also common sense. Put simply: No form of transgender health care in existence bestows the ability to reproduce where it didn’t exist before.
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The ongoing trans-care debate is about many things, but it is emphatically not about reproduction — and thus has nothing to do with Amendment 3. Opponents who claim otherwise are misleading the public and demonstrating their own desperation.
Post-Dispatch endorsements for the Nov. 5 election:
U.S. Senate from Missouri: Democrat Lucas Kunce.
Missouri governor: Democrat Crystal Quade.
Missouri attorney general: Democrat Elad Gross
Missouri secretary of state: Democrat Barbara Phifer
Missouri Amendment 2, Legalizing sports betting: Yes.
Missouri Amendment 3, Restoring reproductive rights: Yes.
Missouri Amendment 5,ÌýLake of the Ozarks casino license: Yes.
Missouri Amendment 6, Court fees for sheriffs’ retirement fund: No.
Missouri Amendment 7,ÌýOutlawing undocumented migrant voting (it's already illegal) and prohibiting ranked-choice voting: No.
Missouri Proposition A, Minimum wage hike and sick time: No endorsement.
St. Louis city Prop B, Reforming city budgeting process: Yes.
St. Louis city Prop S, 3% fee on short-term rentals: Yes.
St. Louis city Prop T, Creating a city Department of Transportation: Yes.
St. Louis city Prop V, lifting the cap on property code violations: Yes.
