Hawley is using a line in the amendment to try and tie the abortion amendment to transgender care. Experts say Hawley is making a political argument, not a legal one.

“Any person who knowingly performs or induces an abortion of an unborn child in violation of this subsection shall be guilty of a class B felony, as well as subject to suspension or revocation of his or her professional license,” Missouri’s abortion law reads.

Missouri was the first state to enact a near-total ban on abortion. This November, Missouri voters have the chance to reverse it with Amendment 3, which would guarantee the right to an abortion until fetal viability.