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Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Acts Introduced in MO Senate and U.S. House

This week, Sen. Bob Onder introduced the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act in the Missouri State Senate:

Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

A Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act was also introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Congressman Chris Smith.

Legislative Update

The highlight of this week was the filing of the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act in the Missouri State Senate, SB 279 sponsored by Senator Bob Onder and Senator Ed Emery. See article above.

NOTE: "Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act" Bills in the House are: HB 339 sponsored by Rep. Adam Schnelting and HB 680 sponsored by Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman

To date there have been 301 bills and 34 various resolutions filed in the Missouri Senate. There have been 661 bills and 64 various resolutions filed in the Missouri House.

We continue to review all bills filed. We encourage you to go to the Missouri Right to Life legislation page on a regular basis to see what is happening in your Missouri State Capitol on pro-life issues and see some of the information your legislators are receiving regarding pro-life legislation.

Click here for the full update and information on all the bills we are supporting or opposing.

Life Links

NY Gov. Cuomo signs "most aggressive" abortion law in the country

Link - Reproductive Health Act eliminates all limits, enshrines abortion as "fundamental right"

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Planned Parenthood's New Annual Report Disproves Its Own Narrative

Link - The organization is focused on abortion, and little else.

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Roe v. Wade's Disastrous Impact on Medical Ethics

Link - Until and unless we are ready to recognize what we unlock when we legalize "just a little bit" of medical killing, we may find that the slippery slope has no bottom and that no one is safe.

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Pro-abortion Equal Rights Amendment dies in Virginia House committee

Link - Pro-lifers breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday as a campaign to resurrect the so-called Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) by Virginia Democrats was halted in a state House subcommittee.

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Judge Strikes Down Iowa Law Banning All Abortions After Unborn Baby's Heartbeat Begins

Link - It is a sad state when we as a human race continue to acknowledge that a baby has a heartbeat early in the first trimester of pregnancy and yet Judges are still ruling that a tiny baby can be killed.

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Catholic research org. creates ethical, safe pluripotent stem cells, without using embryos

Link - Two Iowa-based organizations, a biotechnology company and a Catholic medical research non-profit, have achieved a breakthrough in regenerative medicine that will advance personalized diagnostics and medicine, drug development and stem cell therapy - all within the bounds of Catholic moral teaching.

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Pro-Life Around the State

January 26 - St Louis - Respect Life Apostolate Annual Roe v Wade Memorial mass, 10:00 am, Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis.

February 2 - Jefferson City - MidWest March for Life: MidWestMarchforLife.com.

March 12 - Jefferson City - Pro-Life Action Day 2019, Please print off the flyer and distribute to your pro-life friends, family and church members.

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