Less than 24 hours after the polls closed, a lawsuit was filed after the passage of Amendment 3 in MissouriMissourians voted yes on Amendment 3, but the fight over abortion access doesn’t end there. Amendment 3 was put on the ballot by initiative petition,

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

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.