The ERA — It’s back…

Pre-Filing of Legislation for 2020 Legislative Session

The 2020 legislative session kicks off at noon on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. Please pray for our elected officials in the State House and Senate and in the U.S. House and Senate as they begin their important work. Pray for the passage of pro-life legislation to protect innocent human lives at every stage of development whether at the beginning of life or in end of life decisions.

Pre-filing of legislation in the State House and Senate began December 1, 2019. At this time there have been 295 bills and 25 various resolutions filed in the Senate. And, there have been 672 bills and 29 various resolutions filed in the House.

Your Missouri Right to Life Legislative Team is working with legislators on pro-life bills to file for the 2020 legislative session. We continue to review all bills filed and will be reporting weekly in the Lifeline 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 ask your friends and family to join:

Our pro-life communication network at: https://www.votervoice.net/MOLIFE/home and enter your email address and zip code for email alerts.
To receive text messages, please text MOLIFE to 50457.

Our Lifeline Pro-Life News network for weekly updates at: http://www.missourilife.org/signup.html

Click here for the full update.

Mark your calendars: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 is Show-Me Pro-Life Action Day. Click here for more information.

Begin your New Year by signing up to go to Washington D.C. and walk with other pro-lifers in the 2020 March for Life!

Seats are still available for the Missouri Live Caravan. Buses pick up from several spots throughout the St. Louis area on Thursday, January 23 through Saturday, January 25. More information and registration can be found here: http://www.MissouriLifeCaravan.org

In Sedalia, the bus will leave 9am on January 22, return on Jan. 24. One night stay in DC. Contact Carol at 620-1590 or Bonnie 620-4773.

Life Links

Abortion Was the Leading Cause of Death Worldwide in 2019, Killing 42 Million People

Link - More human beings died in abortions than any other cause of death in 2019, a new report indicates.

The Left’s ‘New’ Frontier Is Old: Reviving the ERA

Link - The proposed amendment has long since expired, as has any real need for it.

Just One Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Has Injured 76 Women in Botched Abortions

Link - After facing possible license revocation in Missouri due to several life-threatening botched abortions at their St. Louis abortion facility, Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri recently opened a new surgical abortion facility just across the Mississippi River in Fairview Heights, Illinois.

Pushing Assisted Suicide for Baby Boomers

Link - The NYT published a piece that pushes assisted suicide as a solution to the significant challenges we will face from Baby Boomers getting old.

Down Syndrome, the Gift of Innocence, and Abortion

Link - Although unborn babies with Down Syndrome are especially at risk, we must remember that ALL children enter the world with the “gift of innocence” and none deserve to be killed before birth.

Are We Witnessing the Coming Extinction of Conscience Rights?

Link - Now health care institutions that forbid their employees from participating in abortion and euthanasia are at risk.

An Unshackled 2020: Sisters of Life Show the Way

Link - The Sisters of Life are the answer to the question Who will help women in need — women who want to not have to choose abortion but don’t know whom to turn to?

Missouri Right to Life December Newsletter

Link - The MRL December Newsletter is now available online. In it you'll find information on pro-life issues, news, people, events and our ongoing efforts to work toward increased respect for human life in Missouri.

Pro-Life Around the State

January 18 - St. Louis - Annual Roe v. Wade Memorial Mass & Prayer Vigil, 10 a.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis & Boland Hall. Click here for more information.

January 22 - Sedalia - Pro-life Memorial at the Pettis County Courthouse. MRL Executive Director, Susan Klein will be guest speaker. More information to come.

February 1 - Jefferson City - 2020 MidWest March for Life at the Missouri State Capitol. MRL Executive Director Susan Klein will be a guest speaker. Click here for more information.