by admin | Sep 12, 2003 | Politics / Govt
The override of Governor Bob Holden’s veto of the bill requiring a 24-hour waiting period for any woman wanting an abortion doesn’t sit well with pro-choice supporters. In the time leading up to the eventual override of the veto, abortion rights groups had...
by admin | Apr 24, 2003 | News
An effort to tighten the restrictions on how family planning money can be spent receives preliminary approval in the House. The bill by Majority Floor Leader Jason Crowell of Cape Girardeau would prohibit any of the $5-Million in family planning funds from going to...
by admin | Feb 7, 2003 | Politics / Govt
Governor Bob Holden’s choice to head the State Health Department has won a difficult State Senate confirmation. But some anti-abortion groups remain unconvinced he will do what they want – and what they want is to cut off state money to Planned Parenthood....
by admin | Jan 10, 2003 | Politics / Govt
A former State Representative known for his fierce anti-abortion stance has died of complications from stomach cancer. David Reynolds was 66. Reynolds served in the Missouri House for four terms. Reynolds won a seat as State Representative after serving 18 years on...
by admin | Nov 20, 2002 | Crime / Courts
The State Appeals Court in St. Louis says Missouri’s ban on partial birth abortions is absolute – that the procedure is not legal even to save the life or health of the mother. Planned Parenthood is challenging the law, calling it a back-door effort to ban...
