On Nov. 5, Missourians will get to vote on two questions that will impact you and your family’s health for years to come: Amendment 3 and Proposition A.  Health Forward Foundation recommends you vote YES on both of these ballot questions to ensure your families and our communities continue to stay healthy and thrive.

Proposition A increases the minimum wage and allows Missouri workers, like you, to earn paid sick time. Missourians shouldn’t have to choose between their paycheck, their health, and their family’s health. But 1 in 3 Missouri working parents don’t get a single paid sick day. Voting YES on Proposition A will give workers paid sick days and help more than 338,000 kids who live in a household with someone earning minimum wage.

Amendment 3 has to do with your reproductive freedom. Missouri has one of the most cruel abortion bans in the country. Abortion is completely banned at any stage of a pregnancy, with no exceptions for rape or incest. Voting YES on Amendment 3 would overturn this restrictive and cruel abortion ban.