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.

Missourians voted to reverse the state’s strict abortion ban in the Nov. 5 election. Here’s when Amendment 3 will take effect.

Last night, Missouri was among the ten states where voters cemented reproductive rights in state constitutions. More than two years after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to an abortion,