Missouri lawmakers will return to Jefferson City this week to consider whether to override any of Gov. Mike Parson’s vetoes. And while they are in town, many will also engage in another veto session tradition — raising campaign cash at a parade of parties and fundraisers all over the Capitol City.

The judge said he wouldn’t order the measure removed from the ballot until Tuesday, the deadline for printing the ballots, to allow abortion rights groups to appeal.

But abortion rights groups hope an appeals court will reverse the ruling before the Tuesday deadline to print the state ballots.

A Missouri judge on Friday ruled that an abortion-rights campaign did not meet legal requirements to qualify for the November ballot, potentially thwarting a yearslong effort to undo the state's near-total abortion ban.

A Missouri judge says an abortion rights campaign didn't meet legal requirements to qualify for the November ballot.

Lawyers for abortion opponents during a Friday bench trial asked Cole County Associate Circuit Judge Christopher Limbaugh to strip the measure from the ballot. He faces a tight deadline to rule because Tuesday is the deadline to make changes to Missouri ballots, and an appeal is likely.

The Supreme Court will decide whether abortion-rights will end up on the Nov. 5 ballot after a Cole County judge ruled the proposed amendment violated state law.

Supporters have appealed the ruling by Circuit Judge Christopher Limbaugh, who previously served as general counsel for Republican Gov. Mike Parson.

A Missouri judge on Friday ruled against an abortion rights measure set for the November ballot, a decision that throws the proposal’s fate into uncertainty.

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom on Saturday morning filed an appeal to the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District.

A lawsuit attempting to knock a reproductive-rights amendment off the November ballot could hinge on whether it would immediately repeal Missouri’s current near-total ban on abortion, an issue disputed during a two-hour-long hearing Friday.