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Missouri Lifeline 4/1/16
Do You Want to Defund Planned Parenthood?

We need you in Jefferson City next Tuesday, April 5 for the second Pro-Life Action Day of 2016!!

Registration begins at 10:00 am with time to lobby legislators on priority pro-life legislation before and after the noon rally.

Priority legislation this year includes defunding Planned Parenthood, required annual abortion clinic inspections and passing a law to ensure that baby body parts from abortions are not sold for research.

Guest speaker at the noon rally will be Abby Johnson, former Planned Parenthood director who now travels across the globe sharing her story, educating the public, advocating for the unborn and reaching out to abortion clinic staff who still work in the industry. 

Contact the Missouri Right to Life State Office, 573.635.5110, or visit www.missourilife.org for transportation and additional information.

We hope to see you all there. Don't forget to wear RED for LIFE!
Legislative Update 

April 1, 2016 -- Highlights from This Week:

Senator Schaefer filed resolutions issuing subpoenas for Mary Kogut of Planned Parenthood and Dr. James Miller of Pathology Services, which is contracted with Planned Parenthood, to appear before the Missouri Senate Committee to give testimony.

SR 1793 - Sponsor:  Kurt Schaefer - Issues a Subpoena for Mary Kogut of Planned Parenthood to Testify before the Missouri Senate (Support)
March 31, 2016 - Referred to Senate Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SR 1794 - Sponsor:  Kurt Schaefer - Issues a Subpoena for Dr. James Miller of Pathology Services, which is contracted with Planned Parenthood.  This subpoena is to Testify before the Missouri Senate (Support)

These two resolutions will have a hearing Tuesday morning, April 5, in the Senate Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee.  They could move to the Senate floor for debate at any time after the hearing.

Chairman of the Committee:  
Senator Mike Kehoe, Majority Floor Leader

To read the texts of these Resolutions, please begin reading at the bottom of page 633 and on through page 641 of this link: 
http://www.senate.mo.gov/16info/Journals/RDay430330631-653.pdf#toolbar=1

Click here for the full update and information on all of the bills we are keeping an eye on.

Missouri senator seeks testimony from Planned Parenthood 
Senator Kurt Schaefer began moving forward Wednesday with an effort to hold a Planned Parenthood official in contempt for refusing to provide documents on how the organization handles fetal remains...read more
U.S. House panel issues more subpoenas
The chairman of the Congressional panel charged with investigating the sales of aborted baby parts announced the issuance of 12 new subpoenas to organizations who have failed to fully cooperate with both requests for information and previous subpoenas from the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives... read more .
Big Abortion Seeks To Derail Congressional Investigation
As the special House committee created to investigate the selling of baby body parts begins its inquiries, the committee is confronting lies and misrepresentations peddled by big abortion businesses... read more .
FDA expansion of abortion pill use still does not necessarily mean chemical abortion is safer
Despite a record of at least 14 known deaths, and thousands of women suffering significant adverse events, the FDA relaxed safety standards and modified the protocol for mifepristone/misoprostol chemical abortions that had been in place since September of 2000...read more.  
Canada's Demand for Death
Canada wants to fast forward from physician assisted suicide to allowing physician assistants in on the action, as well... read more .
Pro-Life Around the State

April 5 - Statewide - Pro-Life Action Day at Missouri State Capitol. We Need You in Jefferson City Again! This will be the day to emphasize "Defunding of Planned Parenthood" 
 
April 16 - Jefferson City - 2-4 pm Open house at new Pregnancy Help Center facility, 1760 A Southridge Dr.
 
April 18 and 19 - Jefferson City - Vitae Foundation 24th Annual Jefferson City Pro-Life Events at the Capital Plaza Hotel. Keynote Speaker: Legendary Notre Dame Football Coach Lou Holtz

April 23 - St. Louis - Third National Day of Protest Against Planned Parenthood, 4251 Forest Park Blvd.  9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Hosted by Defenders of the Unborn. 
 
May 5 - Jefferson City - National Day of Prayer at the Missouri State Capitol, South Lawn. The theme for National Day of Prayer this year is Wake Up America!

May 5 - St. Louis - Vitae Foundation Annual St. Louis Pro-Life Event at the St. Louis Hilton Frontenac. Keynote Speaker: Dinesh D'Souza.

May 17 - Jefferson City - Franklin Graham will be coming to Missouri for the America Decision Tour to lead prayer at the Capitol Steps for our state and nation. 
Unborn children need your help. Help us save babies and end abortion with a generous donation to Missouri Right to Life today.