The 2026 Legislative Session will kick off at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. 

Pre-filing of legislation for the 2026 session began Monday, December 1, 2025. As of December 10th, there have been 684 bills and 34 various resolutions filed in the Missouri House. In the Missouri Senate there have been 589 bills and 42 various resolutions filed.

Your Missouri Right to Life Legislative Team is working to review all bills filed and will be reporting weekly in the lifelines during the legislative session. We will update you on bills that have either a positive or negative impact on our ability to protect innocent human lives at every stage of life and development. 

Please read these updates. Your knowledge on these important life issues is important for when you speak with your legislators. Your involvement with your legislator is very important!  

When we put out a legislative alert for phone calls, e-mails and letters to legislators you need to be ready. Your involvement with your legislator is very important in the passage of good solid pro-life legislation. Our work has intensified since with the 2026 Amendment 3 that will be on the ballot in 2026.  

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW

Watch for information on our upcoming “Show-Me Life Action Day” on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. This event will be in person at the Missouri State Capitol. We will let you know if anything changes, but for now…. mark your calendars to be with us in Jefferson City on March 11, 2026! Watch for details coming soon…..

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Thank you for your commitment to protecting innocent human lives! Your support of Missouri Right to Life ensures continuation of our work to protect innocent human lives at every stage of biological development through natural death. Pro-life legislation passed in Missouri is making a difference and helping us save lives!  Please join our team and support our work!

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We have challenges ahead to “Make Missouri Pro-Life Again”. 

We pray for you and look forward to working with you in 2026!

Judy Bax was an ardent defender of life from the very first days of the pro-life movement. She was active in pro-life activities in Jefferson City during the 80s and became even more active later on as she joined forces with Kathy Forck at 40 Days for Life. 

She was a true witness to the sanctity of life as she spent countless hours praying at the Columbia Planned Parenthood and organizing events for 40 Days for Life events. In addition to this work, she also joined the Board of Directors of Missouri Right to Life as its Treasurer approximately 10 years ago and was active in the Jefferson City chapter of Missouri Right to Life.

Judy passed away December 9th, after a recently discovered illness. She was an integral part of the pro-life community in Jefferson City and will be sorely missed. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Kenny and all her family at this sad time. Please keep them in your prayers.

Carl Landwehr, before his founding of the Vitae Foundation, was an aggressive organizer and fundraiser for Missouri Citizen’s for Life (MCL). In the late 70s and 80s, Carl traveled the state of Missouri doing presentations and starting chapters for MCL. At that time (pre-internet), chapters were the primary way to educate our communities and activate people for pro-life action. 

In late 1990, Missouri Citizen’s for Life changed its name to Missouri Right to Life, and Carl continued to work with Missouri Right to Life even as he started the Vitae Foundation. Much of the successes in passing pro-life legislation and through MRL PACs, in electing pro-life legislators is directly related to that early development that Carl was so devoted to. He worked tireless hours promoting the pro-life cause.

Enjoy Your Retirement, Carl. It is richly deserved. 

December 20 - St. Louis - Beginning at 10 am, Defenders of the Unborn will gather in front of Planned Parenthood to remember those who will have an Empty Manger this Christmas morning.