The decision to keep a constitutional amendment legalizing abortion on the November statewide ballot was decided by a narrowly-divided Missouri Supreme Court, according to opinions released Friday. The majority opinion was written by Judge Paul Wilson,

Abortion rights remained on Missouri’s Nov. 5 ballot by the slimmest of margins, according to opinions released Friday by the Missouri Supreme Court.

Abortion will be on the ballot in Missouri this November, but that was determined by a razor-thin margin. On Friday, the state’s high court released its opinions on the case – revealing a 4-3 decision to put Amendment 3 on the ballot.

Missouri residents will have abortion on the ballot after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Amendment 3 should be included in the November election.

As the last few weeks tick down before November’s general election, candidates weigh in on key topics with voters. At a candidate forum held in Springfield Friday, the four candidates for the U.S. Senate in Missouri were each asked about federal abortion legislation.

The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether an abortion-rights amendment will go before the state's voters this year.

Missouri's high court ruled to keep a ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights on the ballot in November.

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked Tennessee from enforcing a law banning adults from helping minors get an abortion without parental permission. In a 49-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger argued that the Republican-controlled state cannot “make it a crime to communicate freely” about legal abortion options even in a state where abortion is banned at all stages of pregnancy except for a handful of situations.