Senator Bob Onder files the Women's Health and Clinic Safety Act
This week Senator Bob Onder, R-Lake St. Louis, filed the Women's Health and Clinic Safety Act.
The proposed bill states that no person shall knowingly donate or make an anatomical gift of fetal organs or tissue resulting from an abortion. The bill requires that all fetal organs and tissue removed at the time of abortion be sent to the pathologist for examination while also outlining what the pathologist must include in his or her report regarding the same, and clarifies procedures for how the Department of Health handles these reports.
Protections for whistleblowers who report violations of law regarding the handling of fetal organs and yearly on-site inspections of abortion clinics are also required under the act.
Sen. Onder's legislation has the support of Missouri Right to Life and other prolife organizations.
"Missouri Right to Life is honored to be working with Senator Bob Onder and all our pro-life Senators as we begin the 2017 legislative session. We look forward to the passage of the 'Women's Health and Clinic Safety Act'. This legislation will provide protection for women by ensuring an annual inspection and require accountability from abortion clinics for all abortions. We look forward to the passage of the bill," said Susan Klein, Legislative Liaison for Missouri Right to Life.
Senator Wayne Wallingford and Senator David Sater have also filed pro-life bills strongly supported by Missouri Right to Life. We will be working with Senator Wallingford and Senator Sater to move these bills to final passage:
SB 41 - Relating to Alternatives to Abortion Senator Wayne Wallingford SB 67 - Relating to Abortion Clinic Inspections Senator Bob Onder SB 96 - Relating to a Ban on Sex Selection Abortions Senator David Sater
Watch for more information in next weeks lifeline on the 2017 Legislative Session. The session begins on Wednesday, January 4. Please pray for all our legislators and state officials as they transition into their public service positions.
Life Links
Planned Parenthood files federal lawsuit challenging Missouri's abortion restrictions
Link 1, Link 2 - Planned Parenthood affiliates in Missouri filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday morning challenging state laws that require abortion clinics to meet standards for surgical centers and for their doctors to have hospital privileges.
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Pro-life advocates plot wave of legislation in the states
Link - Pro-life advocates are planning to push a raft of new rules and restrictions after their allies scored big wins in state legislative chambers and gubernatorial races.
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NRLC Praises Selection of Rep. Tom Price as Secretary of Health & Human Services
Link - The National Right to Life Committee is praising President-elect Donald Trump's selection of U.S. Rep. Tom Price, M.D., (R-GA) to serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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CDC Report on 2013 Abortion data show big declines in National and State Figures: Part One
Link - On the eve of Thanksgiving, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released its latest abortion surveillance report, with figures from 2013. Abortion numbers, rates, and ratios all dropped by about 5%.
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The Demographics behind the CDC's 5% decline in abortions in 2013
Link - Part Two: The contrast between these demographics and the CDC's abortion demographics from 15 years ago gives us not just a sense of how that profile has been changing, but also some idea of where pro-lifers have had their most effective impact and where there is more work to be done.
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Poll: Percentage of People Who Call Themselves Pro-Life at Highest Level in Over Two Years
Link - A new National poll has some surprising and contradictory results when it comes to abortion, and it shows the number of people calling themselves pro-life on abortion at its highest level in two years.
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A Strange Controversy in Texas
Link - Texas has passed a regulation requiring that human corpses be disposed of in accordance with the state's regulation for the disposal of human corpses.
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Fast-growing heart tumor removed from baby still inside the womb
Link - While fetal surgeries are still in the realm of "fantastic, amazing possibility," and Katie Rice's was a first-of-its-kind success, it was not the first fetal surgery
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The inhumanity of euthanasia in Belgium
Link - This brilliant short documentary explains why euthanasia abandons patients.
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Pro-Life Around the State
January 26-28 - Statewide - 44th Annual March for Life.
Click here to download the registration form.
February 4 - Jefferson City - Midwest March for Life. Details coming soon.
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