Abortion bill deal appears to be in the works in Missouri Senate
JEFFERSON CITY — Never count out an abortion bill in the Missouri Legislature.
This year’s abortion bill, which would strengthen existing waiting period laws and add the crime of coercing an abortion, is back to life in the Missouri Senate. The same bill never made it to the Senate floor last year, and it was filibustered earlier this session.
But a group of senators have been meeting overtime in Sen. Charlie Shields’ office the past couple of weeks to come up with a compromise piece of legislation that would appease anti-abortion Republicans and convince Democrats who support abortion rights to not filibuster the bill.
The deal, according to a substitute version of the bill that has not yet been offered on the floor, would get rid of the portion of the bill that creates the crime of “coercing” an abortion. Critics of that language said it could actually lead to criminalization of parental advice to children who become pregnant, based on how the bill was worded.
On the Senate floor, Sen. Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City, said Democrats have made an offer to Republicans pushing the bill that would allow the bill to pass. The other option that has been talked about is for Senate Republicans to call the previous question, which, if they had the votes, would cut off debate. The procedure is used all the time in the House but is rare in the Senate and hasn’t been used once last session or this session.
The new version of the bill would add to the information that must be given to women who seek abortions, and it would add language that says an abortion cannot be coerced. But it would not create a new crime of coercing an abortion.
Last night at about 10 p.m., Sen. Rob Mayer, R-Dexter, brought up the old version of the bill for discussion, and various senators talked about the compromise that was under negotiation.
Senators discussed the legislation and negotiations for about an hour and then pulled the bill back and adjourned.
by the way nan, half the children being ripped to shreds are women
yes “tired of idiots” so kill them, we know your final solution
Ken, you can talk science all day. You’re still discussing an issue that you have no direct personal experience with, and never will. Until you’ve bled every month of your adult life, carried and delivered a child, found yourself facing the gut-wrenching decision of whether to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, or dealt with the myriad challenges that women face as “the givers of life,” your opinion on this subject matters very little to me.
“yes “tired of idiots” so kill them, we know your final solution”
I’ve not advocated killing as a solution. Killing chilren, born or unborn, is not the ‘final’ solution… but neither is condemning someone’s choice on moral grounds, then not having the cojones to see the logical consequences and manning up to face them.
What I’m asking you is simple: What will you do with the children?
How many have you adopted?
What shelters do you support with donations?
Those lives you’re so hot to defend in the womb will have to face the world outside it… so, put your money where your morality is. I dare you. Or is it somehow suddenly not your problem? Come on - an honest answer, not some trite one-liner about shredding and brilliance.
Amen, Tired. It’s one thing to take the moral high ground on an issue. It’s something else all together to deal with the practical ramifications of your decisions.
Last time I checked, there was not a mile-long waiting list for those eager to adopt crack babies….or heck, even healthy black babies. I would like to see the number of abortions drop as much as anybody, but until we can assure stable, loving homes for every child who is born, I think it’s best for individuals to decide this difficult issue on their own.
I love the idea of picking up a growler from some place other than one of our local breweries. Don’t get me wrong…love going to Schlafly and bringing a growler home. I always wondered why Cicero’s never sold them and than I found out that you had to produce the beer to sell them. What a great way to bring home some of the great craft and limited release beers. Thank you to Maria…wish I lived in her disctict.
I don’t know how many places have 45 draft beers but draft selections seem to be on the rise everywhere. I hope we see more and more in the future. I new law that I can support….what a good thing.
Birth control should be mandatory. No exceptions. You should have to prove yourself fit to be a parent, before you are allowed to produce your child.
I have high hopes the noxious “coersion” is removed. If coersion is the problem, STOP the coercer dead in their tracks — NOT a woman seeking a LEGAL procedure.
That law would make a woman going to her doctor a victim twice: first she’s got her arm twisted by the original perpetrator, then she’s FORCED to continue a preganancy she may IN FACT wnat to terminate, no matter what anyone else in the world wants (including anyone twisting her arm.)
Punish the coecer, not the innocent woman! Jeez Louise.
I know any opinion other than the most vacant and cruel is unacceptable to you…. Sad and vacant…. And your solution is very final. My way there is hope and compassion
Vacant and sad