Missouri Lifeline

Missouri Health Chief Pledges Crackdown on Abortion Law

In a press release this week, Randall Williams, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, suggested that previous administrations have not complied with the 1979 Missouri law requiring abortion providers and those who treat abortion complications to report every complication they diagnose or treat after an abortion to the Department of Health and Senior Services within 45 days.

"This is unacceptable," Williams said, and the Department of Health and Senior Services has taken steps "to ensure future compliance with the law and understanding of the importance of these reports."

Planned Parenthood has claimed that they did not know about the law, however they filed suit against it after it was enacted back in 1979. Their lawsuit was denied and the statute was upheld.

You can send a "thank you" note to Dr. Williams for vowing to investigate abortion complications at the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in St. Louis.

Dr. Randall W. Williams
Director, Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services
912 Wildwood
PO Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
[email protected]
(573) 751-6001

Life Links

Missouri Defunds Planned Parenthood

Link - MRL Legislative Liaison Susan Klein discusses the Missouri Legislature's pro-life Republican majority on The World View in 5 Minutes.

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Planned Parenthood Performs 113 Abortions for Every Adoption Referral

Link - While Planned Parenthood claims to provide "healthcare," it focuses on death.

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Woman with Down syndrome addresses United Nations: 'I have a right to live'

Link - After watching the documentary "A World Without Down Syndrome," 21-year-old Charlotte Helene Fien, who has Down syndrome and autism, wrote a speech about her right to life that she would later read in front of the United Nations.

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Judge Censors Video Exposing Planned Parenthood Doc Laughing About Aborted Baby's Eyes Popping Out

Link - A judge has forced a pro-life organization to take down a new video that catches Planned Parenthood executives discussing gruesome abortion procedures and the sale of body parts from aborted babies for profit.

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Five Things to Do This Summer to Support Life!

Link - This summer, set off on a mission in your local community to help promote the cause of life.

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Offered Assisted Suicide in Place of Treatment

Link - A Nevada doctor is claiming he tried to transfer ill patients to California and Oregon for treatment, but the insurance companies offered assisted suicide instead.

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New England Journal of Medicine study: People don't seek assisted suicide to prevent pain

Link - The study found that few patients requested assisted suicide because they were unable to control their pain or the symptoms of their disease; instead, most people cited a loss of autonomy as their reason for wanting assisted suicide. Other frequent reasons listed were fear of being a burden on others, and not being able to enjoy life.

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Pro-Life Around the State

June 10 - Jefferson City - MRL Statewide Leadership Meeting 10:00 am at the Missouri River Regional Library, 214 Adams St, Gallery Meeting Room.

June 24 - Kansas City - Sidewalk counselor training, 9am-noon. Contact Wendy at [email protected] if you're interested.

June 29 - Milwaukee, WI - National Right to Life Convention June 29 - July 1, at the Hyatt Regency, Milwaukee. Register online.

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