Abortion rights will be on the ballot in Missouri in November after the state’s top court reversed a lower court ruling against the measure, Amendment 3.

The Missouri Supreme Court reversed a circuit court ruling and ordered Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft to put Amendment 3, an abortion rights initiative, on

The measure, which proposes a right to abortion in Missouri until foetal viability, will likely appear on the November ballot for voters after organisers submitted over 250,000 petition signatures and the Secretary of State's office verified them last month.

The swift decision by the Missouri Supreme Court followed several 11th hour attempts by Republican politicians to keep the proposal off the ballot.

Abortion rights will be on the ballot in Missouri in November after the state’s top court reversed a lower court ruling against the measure, Amendment 3.

Missouri's top court on Tuesday ruled that a proposed abortion rights amendment to the state constitution will appear on the ballot in November. The decision will allow voters to decide whether to restore legal abortion in Missouri for the first time in more than two years.

Other officials named in the filing are Florida's attorney general and the secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration.

State police in Florida are showing up at the homes of voters who signed a petition to get an abortion rights amendment on the ballot