Funny how the population of pretty much every state is majority pro-choice even as the governments of many are staunchly anti-choice.
It's almost like a system devised in the 1700s that didn't take two corporations masquerading as political parties gaining absolute control into consideration is NOT an effective way to achieve a truly representative government!
IMHO, there are only personal rights and government rights. State's rights just means consolidation of power to a specific level of government and since those powers rarely come from a different level of government, where else could they come from*...?*
Its main sponsor, Republican Rep. Jon Hansen—who sits on the board of directors for South Dakota Right to Life—claimed to South Dakota Searchlight that people had been “misled, or frankly, fraudulently induced,” into signing Dakotans for Health’s abortion rights petition. “People have approached me and they said, ‘Hey, I signed that abortion petition because I thought it was pro-life. That’s what they led me to believe,’” Hansen alleged
They're trying to hamper similar efforts in Missouri, like Ohio where they wouldn't let a simple majority make changes. I don't expect them to succeed.
When you put referendums in front of the Missouri electorate, they actually act surprisingly progressive. We legalized weed and expanded Medicaid, much to the chagrin of the Republican government.
They tried like hell to keep it off of the ballot in Ohio because they were afraid of what did happen. I can’t say if all of the dirty politics influenced people who were unsure how to vote in the opposite direction the GOP intended. Statistically speaking the final vote wasn’t even close. That is what they fear.