Legislative Update - 4/6/18
Continue to Pray daily for your Statewide Leaders! Session ends at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, May 18.
Budget Work Moves From the House to the Senate:
Pro-life provisions within the Appropriation Bills include:
- Continued funding for Alternatives to Abortion Program and the Show-Me Healthy Babies Program.
- A new program to help pregnant women on Medicaid to access rehabilitation services from opioid addiction so babies are not born addicted to drugs.
- Pro-life protections to prevent our tax dollars from being used for abortion services, human cloning and embryonic stem cell research.
- And, the House approved amendments to prevent our tax dollars from being used for abortions or abortion services as well as prohibiting subsidiary organizations that are connected to abortion facilities from receiving our tax dollars.
Court Activity:
Statutes to require abortion facilities to abide by the same health regulations as other ambulatory surgical centers and the requirement that an abortionist have hospital privileges within 30 miles of an abortion facility in case there are medical emergencies are being heard in federal court this week. The hearings are on-going. We will keep you updated.
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