Bray

JEFFERSON CITY — The fallout from the Senate compromise on the abortion bill grew exponentially this morning.

Sen. Jack Goodman, R-Mt. Vernon, chastised Sen. Joan Bray, D-University City, on the floor of the Senate this morning for her comments last night criticizing…

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Senate passed controversial abortion legislation early Thursday morning after lengthy negotiations that gutted the version of the bill that passed the House early this session.

Originally, the bill would have created the crime of coercing an…

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…

Brad Lager

JEFFERSON CITY — It’s hard to find a middle ground between those for and those against abortion rights in Missouri. But both have come together against a bill from Sen. Brad Lager, R-Savannah, heard by the Senate Judiciary Committee…

Huckabee

ST. LOUIS — Former Arkansas governor and GOP White House hopeful Mike Huckabee will make another stop in Missouri, speaking tonight on the campus of St. Louis University.

On Monday, Huckabee keynoted a gathering of the anti-abortion Vitae Foundation in Jefferson…

UPDATE: The filibuster ended at 9:23 p.m. when Sen. Rob Mayer asked that his bill be laid over. A little more than 5 hours. Likely ends debate on the issue in the Senate this year.

JEFFERSON CITY — As the…

UPDATE: Majority Floor Leader Sen. Kevin Engler said a little before 6 p.m. that he expects the abortion debate to go more than a couple of hours tonight. Engler is walking a fine line between two wings of his party. The…

Rove

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In a conference call on Tuesday, GOP political guru Karl Rove addressed the Missouri Roundtable For Life, the anti-abortion rights group lead by Republican lawyer Ed Martin.

Martin, who was the top aide to former Gov. Matt Blunt, is positioning the…

Bryan Pratt

JEFFERSON CITY — The House of Representatives today passed Speaker Pro Tem Bryan Pratt’s bill criminalizing what it calls abortion coercion.

The debate, which once again got a bit personal, lasted about an hour.

“Please join me to reduce the number…

WASHINGTON — An announcement today that the White House has begun the process of rescinding a rule protecting health-care workers refusing to provide care due to their moral or religious beliefs is being applauded by abortion rights groups.

Anti-abortion forces are unhappy.

The so-called…