New catholic at the capitol

The new executive director of the Missouri Catholic Conference isn’t sure he will assume as high a profile as the person he succeeds. The Reverend Larry Weber has taken the position vacated by Lou DeFeo, who became well known as the architect of the infanticide...

Abortion opponents encouraged

The sponsor of Missouri’s partial birth abortion law is confident the law will stand, despite the recent Supreme Court ruling that threw out a partial birth abortion bill in Nebraska. Representative Bill Luetkenhaus of Josephville thinks there are enough...

Abortion foes ready for legal fight

On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Nebraska’s abortion law, abortion rights advocates are looking forward to taking on Missouri’s law banning partial birth abortion. Peter Brownlie of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri...

Ruling clouds Missouri law

Nebraska’s law dealing with so-called partial birth abortions may have been struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, but that ruling should not have any direct impact on Missouri’s similar law. That’s the view of Lou DeFeo of the Missouri Catholic...

Carnahan supports abortion ruling

Governor Carnahan says he’s not surprised the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Nebraska partial-birth abortion law. He says the reasons the court gave for its actions are the same he used in vetoing the Infanticide Law in Missouri. He says the bill was too...
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