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Missouri Lifeline 2/20/15
Your Presence in the Capitol on March 10th Can Help Save Lives

  
Legislative Update
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SB 259 - Sponsor:Wayne Wallingford - Designates the priority for the state with respect to any funding for family planning services - February 24, 2015 - Hearing Scheduled in Senate Seniors, Families and Children Committee 

 

SB 302 - Sponsor: Jeanie Riddle - Requires referrals for out of state abortions to be accompanied by specified printed materials - February 24, 2015 - Hearing Scheduled in Senate Seniors, Families and Children Committee


HB 113 - Sponsor: Bill E. Kidd - Establishes "Simon's Law", which changes the laws regarding life-sustaining or non-beneficial treatment policies of health care facilities (Support) - February 24, 2015 - Hearing Scheduled in House Health and Mental Health Policy Committee

Click here for the full update with information on other bills we're keeping an eye on.
"Laws that change the conversation" are the gold standard for state legislation
NRLC's director of State Legislation wants to see "laws that change the conversation" debated and passed in the States, specifically: 1. The Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act, 2. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, and 3. Bills to regulate webcam abortions...read more.

Here in Missouri we have passed a ban on webcam abortions and introduced a bill to ban dismemberment abortions. 
Obama Tells Faith-Based Groups they Must Refer Refugee Children for Abortions
The Obama administration is getting ready to issue new rules requiring charities to provide abortions to child refugees entering the US without their parents...read more. 
Assisted Suicide or Manslaughter? 
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta investigates the death of Jana Van Voorhis, a woman who used the Final Exit network to die.
Sanjay Gupta MD: Assisted suicide or manslaughter? 
Sanjay Gupta MD: Assisted suicide or manslaughter?
Oregon's assisted suicide death toll spikes in latest report
The 2014 Oregon assisted suicide report indicates a 44% increase in assisted suicide deaths and a 28% increase in lethal prescriptions...read more. 
New Gallup numbers an unmitigated disaster for pro-abortionists
Americans want stricter abortion laws...read more. 
Study: Plan B more likely to cause abortion than prevent pregnancy      
Pro-life advocates are urging Catholic hospitals to reconsider their use of the Plan B "morning-after pill" in light of a new meta-review of past studies claiming that despite its being marketed as "emergency contraception," it is statistically more likely to cause early abortion than prevent pregnancy....read more.
Planned Parenthood abortion fees skyrocketing with Obamacare
Thirty-seven children, on average, are killed every hour of every day-for money-at Planned Parenthood facilities across the nation...read more .
The Scientific Case Against Three-Parent Embryos and How You Can Help Stop Them 
An informative interview with Prof Stuart Newman, Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at New York Medical College, on the scientific and ethical concerns regarding "three-parent IVF".
The Scientific Case Against Three Parent Embryos
The Scientific Case Against Three Parent Embryos

See also: Four Things You Can Do To Help Stop the Creation of Genetically-Modified Kids 
The Coming of Medical Martyrdom

Today, "patient rights" are paramount; the competent customer is always right and, hence, held to be entitled to virtually any legal procedure from "service providers" for which payment can be made-be it abortion, assisted suicide, or, someday perhaps, embryonic stem cell therapies and products made from cloned and aborted human fetuses...read more. 
Pro-Life Around the State    
March 10, 2015, Statewide -- MRL Legislative Action Day. Mark your calendars to come to Jefferson City and lobby for life!
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