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Missouri Legislature Passes SB 999 to Protect Babies Born-Alive After an Abortion Attempt

This week the Missouri House of Representatives passed SB 999, which includes the "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act." The Missouri Senate passed the bill last week and sent it to the House. The bill ensures that children born-alive after an abortion have all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to any other person and requires medical professionals to provide health care to abortion survivors. This legislation is essential for saving the lives of vulnerable children.

Supreme Court Allows Mail-Order

Abortions to Continue

"When the FDA changed its rule in 2023 to allow mail order abortion pills without the in-person doctor visit, women’s lives were put at risk,” said Susan Klein, Executive Director of Missouri Right to Life.

“Thousands of women have suffered serious health complications from Mifepristone. The FDA has admitted that it failed to adequately study the effects of the 2023 rule change on patient safety. The in-person doctor’s visit is essential to accurately determine the gestational age of the unborn child and to rule out ectopic pregnancies."

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The following is from National Right to Life:

National Right to Life expressed deep disappointment today following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that allows loosened regulations surrounding the abortion drug mifepristone to remain in place while broader legal and scientific questions continue to be debated.

“This decision is deeply troubling because it leaves women exposed to powerful abortion drugs,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “Women facing unexpected pregnancies deserve real medical care and support, not a one-size-fits-all mail-order abortion system that minimizes risks and leaves women isolated during medical emergencies.”

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Life is In the Air

Encouraging Words for Missourians from Missouri Right to Life Western Region. Always remember that what we do in compassion and love is changing hearts and minds and saving lives! Thank you Linda for sharing your encouraging stories!

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Life is in the Air

Regardless of how pro-life legislation has fared, or will fare, at the polls, pro-life victories are all around us. At our Harry’s Hay Days booth in Grandview last weekend I had many conversations that would attest to this.

One couple shared how the husband used to be very pro-choice and even served on the board of Missourians for Choice until 2001, the year his wife became pregnant for the first time. Mom felt like something just wasn’t right, so she insisted that her doctor (the only physician who performed abortions where they lived) give her a sonogram. She called her husband to come to the doctor’s office, and together they watched as their twin boys wrestled each other (literally) in utero. She was only eight weeks along. Dad’s response? “I became pro-life in about 45 seconds.”

One woman recounted how her father was stationed in Germany when her mom was pregnant with her. The doctor advised that she abort because her exposure to German measles would produce a “retarded” child. Her mom ignored his recommendation and gave birth to a healthy baby girl who is a pro-life woman today.

Life Links

Justice Samuel Alito: Mail Order Abortions Undermine State Abortion Bans

Link 1, Link 2 - Justices Thomas and Alito issued separate dissents from the Supreme Court order allowing mail-in abortions, arguing that the Supreme Court should have denied the stays and blocked the remote prescribing and dispensing of mifepristone while litigation continues in the Fifth Circuit.

Will President Trump’s Pro-Life, Pro-Family Budget Survive the Appropriations Process?

Link - President Trump recently released his budget, and we were grateful to see a strong emphasis on removing funding for the infiltration of gender ideology that we saw explode in the previous administration, as well as supporting unborn children.

Doctors Gave Her Mifepristone For A Miscarriage. It Almost Killed Her

Link - After taking mifepristone, she hemorrhaged so severely her family called 911 for an ambulance.

National Right to Life Applauds Launch of Moms.gov to Support Mothers, Babies, and Families

Link - National Right to Life praised the Trump Administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for launching Moms.gov, a new federal resource designed to support women, children, and families through pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting.

Tens of Thousands of Patients in ‘Vegetative State’ May Actually be ‘Covertly Conscious,’ Article Suggests

Link - The reporting lends urgency to the conversation around the right to life of the disabled and medically vulnerable, including patients who seem to lack conscious experience.

As Trump Meets with Xi, Outcry Grows to Confront CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting Enterprise

Link - Lawmakers and human rights advocates say Trump must address perhaps the most shocking and gruesome human rights violation uncovered in the 21st century: the communist regime’s ongoing clandestine organ transplant industry.

What Needs To Change To Make America Pro-Life

Link - America needs the cultural infrastructure to make choosing life not just morally compelling but practically possible.

Pastor convicted for preaching John 3:16 in public in Ireland: 'Dark day for Christian freedom'

Link - A retired pastor in Ireland has been found guilty of breaching an abortion clinic's "safe access zone" after he preached a sermon on John 3:16.

National Right to Life News

Link - The May edition of National Right to Life News is now available.

Pro-Life Around the State

Opportunity to participate in door-knocking in St. Louis area in support of Amendment 3 every Saturday.

Please join us on Saturdays at 9:00 AM for the Amendment 3 canvassing campaign. We will meet this Saturday and every Saturday, depending upon the election date.

Please email mbennet@missouririvergop.org or call (314) 451-2476 and tell us that you are coming so we can get you a log-in to the Numinar Canvassing System. We will also send you helpful information.

Location: 795 Gravois Bluffs Blvd, Suite M Fenton, MO 63026. The St. Louis County GOP Office is located to the left of the JCPenney store, facing the front entrance. We also have yards and bumper stickers available at the office.

May 20 - St. Charles - Eastern Region "Make Missouri Pro-Life Again" banquet at the St. Charles Convention Center. Featured speaker: Riley Gaines.

May 30 - St. Louis - Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski will celebrate the annual Roe v. Wade Memorial Mass at 8:00 am at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis (rescheduled from January), 4431 Lindell Blvd.

May 30 - St. Louis - Defenders of the Unborn Jericho Walk, 10 am at Planned Parenthood, 4251 Forest Park.

June 6 - Jefferson City - Pregnancy Help Center of Central Missouri Rockin' River Run 5k for Life. 9 am starting at Cedar City Room, 810 Sandstone. Register at friendsofphc.org/events/5k

June 12-13 - Arlington, VA - 55th Annual National Right to Life Conference. Visit nrlconvention.com for more information and to register.

June 13 - Arlington, VA - Proudly Pro-life Gala at the National Right to Life Conference featuring Scott Jennings. 7 pm reception, 8 pm dinner and program. Click here for more information and to register.

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