Melanie Stinnett is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing the state's 133rd House district.
Stinnett is a healthcare executive and speech-language pathologist. She is a disability rights activist.
After Missouri voters voted in 2024 in favor of a constitutional amendment to protect reproductive rights, including the right to abortion, Missouri's Republican lawmakers subsequently sought to continue to block abortion access in the state. Stinnett was part of these efforts, arguing that voters misunderstood what they were voting for. However, the ballot language for Stinnett's proposed counter amendment does not explicitly mention that it would ban abortion.
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