Missouri lawmakers approve bill banning abortions at 8 weeks

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

The Missouri state House on Friday voted overwhelmingly for a bill banning abortions in the state after eight weeks.

The Republican-led legislature passed the bill by a 110-44 vote. The bill now heads to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) for consideration.

With protesters chanting in the hall, the Missouri House passed a restrictive abortion bill that bans abortions after 8 wks. Final vote was 110-44. @KMOV pic.twitter.com/k0UJyPVCNM
— Russell Kinsaul (@russellkinsaul) May 17, 2019

The House was expected to approve the legislation on Friday, with the governor saying the law would make Missouri “one of the strongest pro-life states in the country.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/444293-missouri-house-overwhelmingly-votes-to-pass-bill-banning-abortions-at-8

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[FailureToCommunicate]

1. Guess I'll have to add Misouri to the boycott list...

and I'm FROM there.

[MuseRider]

2. My son's both live there.

[MFM008]

3. They are all

Chomping at the bit arent they.

[Ohiogal]

4. They are not pro-life

I want to scream whenever I hear them say that! I guess when it’s a woman’s life..... that doesn’t count.

[BigmanPigman]

5. I read about this last night but it didn't

get much attention paid to it. Which states are the next to fall? We need to plan boycotts for all these states.

[brooklynite]

6. UPDATE: A GOP lawmaker used the phrase 'consensual rape' during abortion debate

A Republican state legislator from Missouri said the majority of sexual assaults are either “date rapes or consensual rapes” during a debate in the state house over a bill that would ban abortion at eight weeks. The GOP-controlled House passed the bill shortly after.

In discussing kinds of rapes he has encountered as a law enforcement official, state Rep. Barry Hovis spoke of the vast majority of rape being date rape and "consensual rape." A lot of "whats" rang around the chamber. #moleg

Rep. Barry Hovis, a 30-year veteran of the Cape Girardeau Police Department who was elected to state office in 2018, was discussing his experience handling rape cases. He later told a reporter from the Kansas City Star that he misspoke, and that “there is no such thing as consensual rape.”

Hovis’s office did not immediately respond to a call and email from The Washington Post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/17/gop-lawmaker-used-phrase-consensual-rape-during-abortion-debate-he-says-he-misspoke/?utm_term=.3e3b15dcd2cf

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Here we go again

[patphil]

8. There is an evil force in this country

It pretends to be moral, but it is anything but.
It rises up from the very deepest pits of hell to strike at the women of this nation.
There is no love in the hearts of people who adhere to the principles it proclaims.
It's very nature is Satanic.
It's purpose is to destroy the feminine energy and elevate the supremacy of men.

Patrick Phillips

[Maxheader]

9. They aren't above the constitution..

All federal support must now be removed...

If the wingers are going to bitch about fed funds being used for planned parenthood, then I can bitch about
fed funds going to states with anti-abortion governments passing anti-abortion laws...fuckem...

[SCVDem]

10. So ya wanna play?

Tax all church property and donations.

Welcome to the America the rest of us live in!

Stop influencing politicians! That is a violation of separation.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

11. Not to be outdone, Arkansas makes abortion illegal up to 3 weeks before the egg is fertilized

They also establish that a sperm is to be considered a potential pre-born infant, thereby effectively outlawing masturbation in a state where that act was the primary form of entertainment for every teenage boy and several married men.

#RIPGrumpyCat

[Farmer-Rick]

12. F*ck You religiously insane RepubliCONS.

If my daughter or granddaughters ever want an abortion, I'll get them one. The abortion pill is very reliable and you can buy it over the counter in some countries. They are never going to put the genie back in the bottle no matter how man 3rd world laws they make up and force onto us.