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SB 5 Passes Missouri Senate

6/15/2017

Senate Bill 5 passed through the Missouri Senate on
6-15-17.

SS/SB 5 - This act modifies several provisions relating to abortion, including: (1) tissue reports; (2) Attorney General jurisdiction; (3) the preemption of political subdivision authority regarding abortion; (4) whistleblower protections; (5) the definition of abortion facilities; and (6) inspections of abortion facilities.
(read full bill summary)

As Missouri debates new abortion curbs, both sides rally

6/15/2017

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Supporters and opponents of abortion rallied Wednesday at the Missouri Capitol as a special session of the Legislature considered new restrictions in a state that already has some of the nation’s toughest abortion laws.
Republican Gov. Eric Greitens, who called state lawmakers back to the Capitol for the second special session this summer, led an anti-abortion rally in support of proposed new measures such as mandatory annual health inspections of clinics.
He also spoke strongly in favor of nullifying a St. Louis ordinance that bans discrimination based on “reproductive health decisions” such as abortion, saying it made the heavily Democratic city “an abortion sanctuary city.”
“We’ve got to raise our voices together and tell them, ‘Not on our watch,’ ” he told a crowd of roughly 200, many of whom held signs that read “protect life.”
...Greitens said he called the special session in reaction to a St. Louis ordinance banning discrimination based on “reproductive health decisions” and a federal judge’s ruling that struck down some Missouri abortion restrictions passed by previous legislative sessions.The ruling, which the state is appealing, tossed out Missouri requirements that doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, and that clinics meet hospital-like standards for outpatient surgery. Greitens wants lawmakers to enact other restrictions on clinics in place of those that were struck down...
..Proposed bills approved by a Senate panel Tuesday would require annual abortion clinic inspections, new authority for the attorney general to prosecute violations of abortion law and a requirement that the state health department review fetal-tissue reports from abortions.
Some Missouri Republican lawmakers have been trying to pass more stringent laws dealing with fetal tissue since the 2015 release of undercover videos by anti-abortion activists, who said the videos showed Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of tissue.
(read full article and see pictures)
**Some of our members are in pic. #6 of the pictures from this article. Picture taken by David Carson of the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

Pro-life senators can defund Planned Parenthood… Are they reconsidering?

6/15/2017

June 14, 2017 (LifeIssues) -- A battle is brewing in the U.S. Senate over funding of Planned Parenthood.
This is the opportunity for pro-life Republican leadership to deliver on past promises to protect unborn babies and women. Will they?

The Senate is considering whether or not to fund Planned Parenthood with your tax dollars in the reconciliation bill. This legislation requires only a majority vote because it’s not subject to a Senate filibuster, but a reconciliation bill limits the Senate’s actions to measures related to the budget.
The legislation passed in the House of Representatives stops for one year Medicaid reimbursement to Planned Parenthood, which accounts for about 85 percent of their tax funding of $555-million dollars.

If pro-life senators fail to act on our highest legislative priority, they will impose a self-inflicted wound on the prospects of their re-election and maintaining a majority in the House and Senate.
Contact your senators. Regardless of where they stand on funding Planned Parenthood, they need to hear from you. We’ve made it easy for you to help defend the babies.
(read full article)

New undercover video: The only option pregnant women have at Planned Parenthood is abortion

6/15/2017

In addition to touting birth control and a few limited health services, Planned Parenthood purportedly provides options for women who discover they are pregnant. The nation’s abortion corporation continues to insist that abortion constitutes only “three percent” of its services, but as a new Live Action investigation reveals, pregnant women who seek out Planned Parenthood for an option other than abortion are turned away.
Despite the assertions of Planned Parenthood’s President, Cecile Richards, the abortion corporation is not the place for a pregnant woman to explore her options for her pregnancy. Abortion is the only actual option Planned Parenthood provided to women in Live Action’s undercover investigation.
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Pro-Life Congressman Steve Scalise Still in Critical Condition After Shooting, Needs Another Surgery

6/15/2017

Prayers are still needed for pro-life Congressman Steve Scalise, who was injured yesterday after he was shot by a liberal activist.
Scalise sustained a single rifle shot to the left hip. The bullet traveled across his pelvis — fracturing bones, injuring internal organs, and causing severe bleeding. He was transported in shock to MedStar Washington Hospital Center, a Level I Trauma Center...

Scalise was one of four people shot while at a practice baseball game in Alexandria, Virginia, shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday. The shooting suspect, James Hodgkinson, was killed by police. Scalise was shot in the hip and several Capitol police officers were also victims of the shooting. Because he is part of the Republican leadership, Scalise has protection from the US Capitol Police...

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Governor Greitens Calls Special Session

6/15/2017

Governor Eric Greitens has called a special session for the legislature to return to Jefferson City to pass pro-life legislation.

The State Senate will take up the legislation first, then the bill(s) will move to the House.

Our pro-Life legislators need to see that you support them and support passage of pro-life legislation to protect women with comment sense health regulations, save unborn babies and protect our religious liberties so people of faith are not forced to participate in abortion.

Please call The following Senators and ask them to pass this pro-life legislation.
1. Your Senator
2. President of the Senate, Senator Ron Richard.
3. Senate Majority Floor Leader, Senator Mike Kehoe
4. Senate Sponsor of the bill and Assistant Majority Floor Leader, Senator Bob Onder

If you have any questions, please call our Missouri Right to Life state office at 573-635-5110 or email us at [email protected].