Missouri’s abortion ban is not automatically repealed as a result of voters overturning the ban on Tuesday. So, Planned Parenthood said it is suing Missouri to put an end to several longstanding abortion restrictions.

When it goes into effect in December, Amendment 3 will protect abortion up to what’s known as fetal viability — which is about 24 weeks of pregnancy.

Abortion rights advocates prevailed on seven ballot measures across the U.S. in Tuesday's election and lost on three. The losses are the first on statewide reproductive rights ballot measures anywhere in the U.