Missouri pastors take opposing sides in fight over abortion amendment
Ahead of the November election, all four Missouri Catholic Bishops issued a letter urging parishioners to vote yes on Amendment 3, which would repeal the 2024 abortion rights amendment. A sign supporting the amendment stands outside Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in St. Louis (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent). The Rev. Alex Bryant set a goal for 2026: Talk to 200 Missouri pastors about abortion. Bryant, an Assemblies of God pastor in Springfield, began traveling across Missouri to sit across from his peers, often over coffee, and tell them why he would be voting yes on Amendment 3, which would repeal the state's 2024 abortion rights amendment. The measure, which voters will decide Nov. 3, would ban most abortions, with exceptions for medical emergencies, fetal anomalies, and rape or incest within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. It would also place a constitutional ban on…