Just before Christmas, Missouri lawmakers were working on a bill that would save the lives of unborn babies. This bill replicates the law in Texas in many ways. Basically, if a heartbeat is detectable, abortion is prohibited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bill is entitled Empower Women, Promote Life Act. It is House Bill 1987. You can read it in its entirety here<\/a>. In it, a private citizen can file a lawsuit against abortionists and those who violate the law by killing a baby that has a heartbeat. This Texas law has stood up in courts and Missouri is hoping for the same results. The bill will also de-fund tax dollars going to Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Representative Mary Elizabeth Coleman for District 097 (St. Louis and Jefferson counties) submitted the bill on December 16, 2021. She is a Republican. She practices law at a not-for-profit that respects life, family, and religious liberty. She has served three years so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Missouri Congress will read and discuss the bill in 2022. After it’s voted on and passed, it moved to the Senate. No date is given yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This bill is highly favored, however, it is not without loud opposition. Representative Coleman is being labeled as an ‘extremist’ who only wants political gain. A St. Louis newspaper published an editorial condemning the bill. Nonetheless, 56% of Missourians support prohibiting abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy [1]<\/sup><\/a>. A heartbeat can be detected at six weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you support the bill? Our legislators need to know that. You can contact representative Copeland through his political site here<\/a>. Although not in the Senate yet, one can also reach Senator Eslinger at her Jefferson City site here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Just before Christmas, Missouri lawmakers were working on a bill that would save the lives of unborn babies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[252,250,264,205],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13328"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13348,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13328\/revisions\/13348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Who Introduced The Bill?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When Will Congress Vote?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Opposition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What Can You Do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Notes:<\/h4>