Longtime
#prolife
lobbyist @ MO State Capitol. Catholic deacon in St. Louis. Delighted being husband, dad & PawPaw. Love sharing what I read - news, blogs, etc.
St. Louis judge blocks
@STLCityGov
from spending federal pandemic relief dollars to support abortion.
It’s part of a suit former AG
@Eric_Schmitt
filed after Mayor
@Tishaura
Jones signed a bill to create the “Reproductive Equity Fund”.
#MOLeg
#ProLife
Also, the Missouri Supreme Court in 2019 rejected a legal challenge to an informed consent abortion law from a self-described Satanic Temple adherent who claimed the state violated her religious beliefs.
Missouri voters who regret signing – or mistakenly signed – the abortion petition, can legally withdraw their signature (section 116.110, RSMo). Click on the link, fill in the info and send it to
@MissouriSOS
.
Don’t wait!
#WithdrawSignature
today!
#MOLeg
Thank you,
@GovParsonMO
, for approving $8.66 million for Alternatives to Abortion programs. Numerous non-profit and faith-based pregnancy centers and maternity homes in Missouri can now serve more pregnant and new moms and their children – born and unborn!
#MOLeg
#MOGov
#ProLife
Missouri statewide elected officials: Everyone should
#DeclineToSign
an extreme anti-woman initiative petition. Keep it off the ballot!
Voters should not sign their rights & freedoms away for themselves & future generations!
#ProtectWomen
#MOLeg
#MOGov
#NoOn3
Gov.
@MikeParson
and
@FirstLadyTeresa
Parson, in a letter to all Missourians, “ask that you join us on November 5 and vote NO on Amendment 3.”
They write: “Pro-abortion groups have spent nearly $20 million to promote this extreme pro-abortion amendment. ... It also opens
#NoOn3
#DisabilityRights
If Amendment 3 passes in Missouri, those with
#DownSyndrome
– like Charlotte Helene Fien – will be targeted for eradication before birth by abortion. Missouri law protecting her & others – like section 188.038 – will be repealed.
Vote NO on Amendment 3!
"You can try to kill off everyone with Down syndrome by using abortion, but you won’t be any closer to a perfect society. You will just be closer to a cruel, heartless one."
Charlotte Helene Fien urges the United Nations to protect people with Down syndrome.
After pro-life former Missouri AG
@Eric_Schmitt
sued St. Louis City and a St. Louis judge then barred the city from using taxpayers’ dollars for out-of-state abortion travel, city officials decide to now use the money to support new moms and babies.
#MOLeg
The truth always comes out!
The real reason abortion businesses and abortion groups are trying to forcibly inject unlimited abortion into the Missouri Constitution is because of ...
... the money – “clinic revenue”!
#MOLeg
#FollowTheMoney
#AbortionScam
“We want people to
#DeclineToSign
,”
@SamuelHLee
said. “Frankly, they don’t get the signatures by May 5, then it’s not gonna be on the ballot.”
Lee said, “abortion politics should not be injected into our constitution in this way.”
#MOLeg
#GenerationLife
🧵 Another reason to Vote
#NoOn3
—the Socialist Party supports Amendment 3.
Socialists want more government control of the economy—and increased burdens on taxpayers.
Amendment 3 = Socialism = Taxpayer-funded gender transition surgeries (even on children) and abortion-on-demand.
Missouri needs initiative petition reform so that the majority doesn't trample on the rights of the minority!
A vote of 50% plus 1 shouldn’t be permitted to amend the constitution to take our rights away.
#TyrannyOfTheMajority
#JamesMadison
#MOLeg
#HJR72
The Missouri Supreme Court ordered that a “Right to Reproductive Freedom” Amendment to Missouri’s Constitution be on the November ballot.
It legalizes gender transition surgeries on minors without parental consent!
Vote NO on Amendment 3!
#ProtectChildren
#NoOn3
#MOLeg
#MOGov
WATCH: People with Down syndrome condemn abortion. “My Life Matters” they say, as the 8th Circuit considers whether Missouri and other states can protect unborn babies with disabilities from discrimination.
@LifeNewsHQ
@AGEricSchmitt
#MyLifeMatters
#MOLeg
“Our moms find that it’s difficult to find a job that pays a livable wage, impossible to find a home they can afford and impossible to find child care, never mind child care that’s affordable,” said Valerie Harkins, director of the Maternity ...
#MOLeg
Sam Lee with Campaign Life Missouri thinks the “best approach” for
#MOLeg
on pro-life legislation is to “include compassion ... pregnant mothers should be offered services and help free of charge so they feel like they have the option to continue carrying their child.”
He and
@AbbyJohnson
said she believes she’s a testament to the power of conversion, and that no one — not even someone who works at Planned Parenthood, as she did for eight years — is beyond the power of Jesus Christ. |
#CatholicSTL
@ProLifeSTL
The Biden Administration wants to cut federal TANF funds to Missouri non-profit agencies that provide shelter to homeless, pregnant moms.
Pro-abortion groups – like
@AbortionAction
– say they favor denying funding to these agencies!
#MOLeg
#ProtectWomen
In
@TheAtlantic
,
@emmma_camp_
writes: “Yes, third-trimester abortions are happening in America. Democrats tend to brush off questions about whether these abortions should be restricted.”
With dysfunction in two abortion camps, ballot initiatives stall. “They will have a hard time convincing heavy hitters to finance their efforts.”
“Meanwhile, all pro-life groups in Missouri are united” to stop abortion being added to constitution.
#MOLeg
@JayAshcroftMO
condemns ruling on abortion initiative petitions and vows to appeal:
“We will not stand idly by while the courts hide the effects of this amendment and mislead the people as to what they may very well be voting on next year. ...
#MOLeg
Pro-life Missouri
@AGAndrewBailey
says state’s lawsuit against dangerous abortion drug will continue, despite
#SCOTUS
ruling.
“We are moving forward undeterred with our litigation to protect both women and their unborn children,” Bailey said.
#MOLeg
#Prolife
#MOSenate
budget chair Sen.
@LincolnHough
:
“Missouri has already defunded Planned Parenthood and since I’ve been the appropriations chair, there have been no dollars reimbursed to a Planned Parenthood facility from the state.”
#MOLeg
#HB2634
A ballot measure would enshrine Missouri’s current
#prolife
law in the state constitution.
The ballot summary asks voters to decide if the constitution should “guarantee abortion laws protect pregnant mothers from serious risks to life or health.”
#MOLeg
Activist judges ban pro-life
@MissouriSOS
@JayAshcroftMO
from telling voters in ballot summary that laws protecting “right to life” of “unborn child” will be nullified by pro-abortion ballot measures. Court says it’s “partisan.” SOS vows to appeal.
#MOLeg
.
@StLouisReview
reports:
Pro-life advocates continue working hard with “Decline to Sign” efforts.
Meanwhile, pro-abortion groups are still trying to collect signatures to place proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot.
#MOLeg
#MOStandsWithWomen
Solid journalism by Gray TV’s Missouri Capitol Bureau Chief
@JoeMcLeanNews
, reporting for
@KCTV5
:
‘Missouri is not Ohio’: Opponents predict 2024 abortion rights measures will fail in Missouri.
#MOLeg
#MOGov
🧵
#NoOn3
If Amendment 3 passes in Missouri, expect the fourth outpatient late-term abortion clinic in the U.S. to open in St. Louis, Kansas City – or who knows where else in the Show-Me state?
Vote NO on Amendment 3!
These three abortion clinics will kill preborn babies at 28 weeks' gestation for any reason. Meanwhile, babies born at this age have an 80-90% chance of survival and only a 10% chance of long-term health issues.
Thank you
@GovParsonMO
&
#MOLeg
!
“We’ve ended all elective abortions in this state, approved new support for mothers, expecting mothers, and children, and with this bill, ensured that we are not sending taxpayer dollars to abortion providers,” Parson said.
Supporters of
@Missourians4CF
’s initiative petition to alter Missouri’s constitution finally admit what it’s really all about — forcing Missouri taxpayers to pay for everyone else’s abortions!
#DeclineToSign
!
Stop
#MOLeg
politicians money grab!
#DefundPP
#NoOn3
Apparently, supporters of “reproductive freedom” and Missouri Amendment 3 do not support freedom of speech & religion, but only the “freedom” to kill unborn babies at any time in pregnancy and perform sex-change surgeries on children without parental knowledge or consent.
Thank you, Budget Chairman
@Cody4MO
and
#MOHouse
, for adding $2 million in grants to pregnancy resource centers that help pregnant and new moms and babies – born and unborn.
On top of the existing $8.66 million,
#HB11
includes the largest
#prolife
appropriation ever by
#MOLeg
!
.
@HawleyMO
on Amendment 3 & gender transition:
“This is ... tell[ing] kids that there’s something wrong with them and to give them drugs that will sterilize them for life, to push them towards procedures that will fundamentally change their bodies.”
#NoOn3
Missouri judge cancels ballot summaries written by pro-life
@MissouriSOS
@JayAshcroftMO
that accurately inform voters on six pro-abortion initiative petitions, by deleting truthful phrases like “end the life,” “unborn child” and “the right to life.”
#MOLeg
#NoOn3
Amendment 3 strips Missouri parents of their right to be involved in critical decisions affecting their children. Gender-transition surgeries, abortions late in pregnancy—Amendment 3 eliminates parents from those decisions.
Vote NO on Amendment 3!
#NoOn3
The good news is that many Democrats and pro-choice voters are joining Republicans and pro-life voters to Vote NO on Amendment 3.
Many Missouri voters across the state are realizing how extreme and misleading Amendment 3 is, and are Voting “NO”!
#TruthWillSetYouFree
@AlexBingham_9
If viability really meant 23 weeks then the law would say 23 weeks. That would at least be a number. Democrats are unwilling to accept ANY real restriction because they want total abortion on demand at any stage for any reason and that's the practical effect of Amendment 3.
June 22, 2023 – the feast of Sts. Thomas More and John Fisher – marks the beginning of
#ReligiousFreedomWeek
. Today, we pray, reflect and act on the importance of protecting church buildings and other sacred worship spaces in the U.S.
@USCCBFreedom
After reading all six of the newly filed pro-abortion initiative petitions to amend Missouri's Constitution, it is clear all six would allow abortion-on-demand throughout all nine months of pregnancy.
Each says there is a “fundamental right” to abortion when there is risk to a
This is a correct interpretation of Missouri law – which by statute has never equated Plan B, IUD’s, birth control pills, etc., as abortion procedures to be regulated:
“Missouri AG says state abortion ban does not prohibit Plan B or contraception”
#MOLeg
Missouri judge prohibits telling voters in ballot summaries that constitutional amendment would allow killing an “unborn child” up until birth.
@MissouriSOS
is also banned from saying it allows “dangerous, unregulated, and unrestricted abortions.”
#MOLeg
Vote “yes” to give property tax relief to
#childcare
facilities in Missouri.
“We need to fight for kids, fight for families that are really struggling in the state, and this is one really simple way to do that,” said Sen.
@TravisFitzwater
.
#MOLeg
#MOGov
Great Op-Ed in the
@KCStar
:
“I am proudly
#prolife
, but the idea of criminalizing women who get an abortion breaks my heart. This harmful idea in no way reflects the beliefs of the vast majority of pro-life supporters in Missouri or across the nation.”
Sen.
@HawleyMO
demands answers after Google blocks pro-life ads from
@LiveAction
. “It’s extreme and unprecedented bias in support of the abortion industry,” Live Action President
@LilaGraceRose
said.
#MOLeg
#MOSenate
Emerging Issues Committee holding 9:30AM hearing on Tuesday, April 16 on
@Koenig4MO
’s
#SB1459
.
It’s an attempt to stop
@Missourians4CF
’s “reproductive freedom” amendment from creating a right of children to undergo sex change operations.
#MOLeg
#StopTaxFundedAbortions
#NoOn3
!
Some claim Amendment 3 won’t require abortions to be funded with Missouri taxpayers’ $$$ because the federal Hyde Amendment prohibits it.
Wrong!
@KFF
says nine states are forced to use their own funds to pay for abortions!
You be the judge, but after reading the comments that veteran reporter
@bshelly
heard from pro-abortion groups, it sounds like they either don’t want – or aren’t prepared to have – an abortion initiative petition on the ballot in Missouri in 2024.
#MOLeg
#MOLeg
#ProtectGirls
Boone County, Mo., Circuit Court judge rules that
@AGAndrewBailey
’s lawsuit against Planned Parenthood for
#trafficking
#minors
out of state to obtain abortions without parental consent can proceed:
“The Court has cleared the way for my lawsuit against
#NoOn3
Even Missouri pro-choicers call Amendment 3 “extreme” and will 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗡𝗢 𝗼𝗻 𝟯.
#ProChoiceNotProAbortion
That’s because Amendment 3 injects undefined “reproductive freedom” into the constitution – and only unelected, unaccountable judges will decide what it means.
#VoteYesOnAmendment1
#MOLeg
Voters to decide if
#childcare
centers can be exempt from property tax.
Paul Prevo of Tiger Tots in Columbia, Mo., said a tax exemption could help keep expenses down and prevent price hikes for families seeking services. ...
Any bills to authorize murder charges against women who undergo abortions are dead on arrival.
I’ve killed lots of bills in my 40 years as a pro-life lobbyist and I guarantee they’ll be LOTS of pro-life lawmakers in both chambers who’ll kill these.
#MOLeg
#NoOn3
#ProtectWomen
Former senator Dr.
@BobOnderMO
wrote some of Missouri’s pro-life laws.
“Missouri’s current law protects the health and safety of women,” Dr. Onder said. “Miscarriages can be handled, pregnancy complications can be handled just fine.”
One way supporters & opponents of legal protection for the unborn can work together post-
#Dobbs
is through
#bipartisan
ending of unwanted & coerced abortion.
Here’s a helpful framework on how it can be done in
#MOLeg
& elsewhere.
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen
#NoOn3
#ProtectChildren
The Missouri Supreme Court put Amendment 3 back on the ballot, a measure which the
@ThomasMoreSoc
says would create a “super-right” to “reproductive freedom” and would repeal essentially all of Missouri’s laws and constitutional provisions regulating
Very disturbing news. The Missouri Supreme Court is forcing Missouri taxpayers to fund Planned Parenthood's abortion facility & to promote the work of the abortion industry. This has serious repercussions.
#MOLeg
@cody4mo
@RobertRossMO
BREAKING: Missouri Supreme Court weighs in favor of Planned Parenthood, in its quest to seek more than $1 million in Medicaid payments from the state.
#moleg
#mogov
#MOLeg
#MOGov
#TruthMatters
During the 2021 Midwest March for Life at the Missouri State Capitol, Lt. Gov.
@MikeLKehoe
received the
#prolife
“Patriot for Life” award.
As the Catholic Missourian newspaper reported, Mike “spoke of the pro-life pioneers he has met along the way —
Bills making abortion murder “don’t have the backing of at least one prominent anti-abortion lobbyist in Jefferson City, Sam Lee. One of the state’s top anti-abortion groups,
@MORightToLife
, also opposed a nearly identical bill” last session.
#MOLeg
Child care tax relief is on Missouri’s August 6 ballot as Amendment 1.
Samuel Lee with Campaign Life Missouri said his group supports this “
#prolife
, pro-family, pro-workforce development” ballot measure.
#YesOnAmendment1
#MOLeg
#MOGov
Amendment 3 would “allow non-physicians to perform or induce abortions at any stage of pregnancy – including when the unborn child could survive outside the womb,” said Samuel Lee, longtime pro-life lobbyist & president of
@MOStandsW_Women
.
#NOon3
#MOLeg
Missouri’s ‘abortion homicide’ bill opposed by pro-life group. The bill would allow murder charges against mothers who get abortions.
It is opposed by some of Missouri’s most vocal pro-life advocates, including Campaign Life Missouri.
#MOLeg
October 2 is the Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels.
We thank God for sending His guardian angels to guide us — especially to guide Missouri voters to Vote No on Amendment 3 — and protect us — especially to protect pregnant mothers and unborn children at risk for abortion.
#NoOn3
Thank you, pro-life
@GovParsonMO
and
#MOLeg
, for approving appropriations in
#HB2011
of $8.66 million for Alternatives to Abortion services and public awareness; $2 million to promote and facilitate adoptions, maternity homes and organizations providing material support and ...
Pro-life
@GovParsonMO
allocated $266,000 that Missouri lawmakers appropriated for a new marketing campaign to promote the free resources through the state’s Alternatives to Abortion program, whose agencies offer numerous services from child care and housing, to parenting and job
#NoOn3
!
#ProtectChildren
Missouri Supreme Court orders “Reproductive Freedom” Amendment 3 to be on November ballot, which will overturn Missouri’s existing protections of minors from dangerous gender transition surgeries (the “SAFE” Act, section 191.1720).
@KSDKNews
: “This
By a bipartisan vote of 117-26, the
#MOHouse
passed a bill to provide healthcare coverage to low-income mothers for one year after birth, instead of the current 60 days.
Rep.
@MStinnettSWMO
, R-Springfield, carried the bills in the House.
#MOLeg
#ProLife
#NoOn3
#ProtectWomen
#ProtectGirls
Stephanie Bell, spokesperson for
@MOStandsW_Women
, which opposes Amendment 3, said if it passes, women and girls wouldn’t be able to obtain compensation through a medical malpractice lawsuit if they are injured. ...
“As a black woman, I sincerely appreciate that DFLA’s mission, to preserve life from womb to tomb, includes an understanding and focus on racial injustices and the needs of minority communities,” said Monica Sparks, president of
@DemsForLife
.
#VoteYesOnAmendment1
#ProLife
#Missouri
’s pregnancy centers and maternity homes say one of the greatest needs of their clients is access to
#childcare
to help them find work.
A “yes” vote on Amendment 1 on Aug. 6 will increase childcare, help families and benefit the workforce.
Too bad only 3 of 7 Missouri Supreme Court judges followed the state’s “Sunshine Law” when it came to divulging what
#Amendment3
would repeal: a parent’s consent before their child’s abortion, restrictions on late-term abortions, etc.
#NoOn3
#MOLeg
#MOGov
Thank you
@cody4mo
&
#MOHouse
for voting overwhelmingly to defund Planned Parenthood, the largest provider and promoter of abortions in the U.S.
Now it’s up to
#MOSenate
to protect taxpayers by passing the bill & getting it to
@GovParsonMO
’s desk.
#MOLeg
Thank you
#MOLeg
for $8.66 million in funding for Alternatives to Abortion – a $2.2 million increase – and the largest appropriation ever! And thank you for $0 in funding for Planned Parenthood and other abortion organizations.
#ProLife
#HB3011
@cody4mo
#DanHegeman
Videos show Planned Parenthood execs discussing selling body parts from aborted late-term babies – some who had been delivered alive.
This could happen in Missouri if the pro-abortion amendment gets on the ballot and passes in November!
#MOLeg
#MOGov
#NoOn3
Lord, we ask that your gift of Life will be even more abundant in Missouri!
Lord, send your Holy Spirit down upon all Missouri voters to inspire and encourage them to Vote NO on Amendment 3!
#RespectLifeSunday
#VoteYesOnAmendment1
#HelpFamilies
#MOLeg
Your vote on August 6 could lead to more options, lower costs for
#childcare
in Missouri:
“Childcare experts say there’s a shortage of daycare centers around Kansas City which has left many families priced ...