Missouri voters have approved an amendment to the state constitution that will protect reproductive rights.

This comes two years after Missouri became the first state to outlaw abortion following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which ended nearly five decades of precedent for abortion rights. The state’s ban had no exceptions except for “serious risk of the health of the pregnant woman.”

Amendment 3, which earned 53 percent of the vote, will add language to the state constitution that guarantees a “fundamental right to reproductive freedom” — the right to make decisions about reproductive care, which includes both abortion and contraceptives. It is set to take effect in 30 days, according to state Missouri law, though it will likely be challenged in court.

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