MO AG Eric Schmitt vows to sue any Missouri city, county that uses tax money on abortions

[pstokely]

Source: KSHB

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt vowed Friday to file a lawsuit in the case of any city or county in Missouri using tax money on abortions.

In his reasoning, Schmitt cited RSMo. 188.205: “It shall be unlawful for any public funds to be expended for the purpose of performing or assisting an abortion, not necessary to see the life of the mother, or for the purpose of encouraging or counseling a woman to have an abortion not necessary to save her life.”

Schmitt specifically pointed out St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, as areas he is willing to file suit against.

“Using hard-earned taxpayer dollars, whether it be ARPA funds or other forms of revenue, to fund abortions is plainly illegal under Missouri law. St. Louis City and County, and Kansas City, and any others who attempt to authorize taxpayer-funded abortions will be met with a lawsuit from the Missouri Attorney General’s Office,” Schmitt said in a statement.

Read more: https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/mo-ag-eric-schmitt-vows-to-sue-any-missouri-city-county-that-uses-tax-money-on-abortions

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trying to get his name in the news with the lack of any school mask mandates

[Botany]

1. I wonder how many abortions Schmitt has paid for himself?

[SWBTATTReg]

19. And if I'm not mistaken, this moron is running for office too.

Everyone of these republican thugs are going to be preaching abortion this, abortion that, etc. when in the real world, abortion is like 10% of the issues voters concern themselves with. This is again repugs ignoring everything else and harping on one small area of concern to voters.

It's because they don't have a leg to stand on, on anything else.

[Mr.Bill]

2. Wow.

Enforcing a law that already exists. How daring.

[Botany]

4. He doesn't look too much like an asshole

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[dchill]

24. Define "too much like an asshole."

[Marthe48]

3. like arguing with a drunk

the anti-abortionists just get more and more bombastic and make less sense.

[SharonClark]

13. +1

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Some taxpayers feel that way, but the rest don't.

[PSPS]

6. No city or county does this to begin with. But it "sounds good" to the thumpers and the maga

[cloudboy07]

10. might get his maga butt dump'd too !

[Rebl2]

7. Thing is

they say they aren’t using taxpayers money. Don’t know where they are getting the money though.
Oh and in KC proper the courts and city government buildings you do have to where masks again through July 3rd because our county numbers are high again for Covid according to cdc.
Also the AG is an ahole and wants his name in the news as often as he can get in the news😖

[pfitz59]

8. Does tax money go to bogus "pregnancy Crisis Centers"?

inquiring minds and all

[pstokely]

9. it does in MO

nt

[SharonClark]

12. And in Iowa.

[Skittles]

11. GO FUCK YOURSELF

I DON'T LIKE MY TAX DOLLARS BEING USED FOR SENSELESS WARS OR TEACHING RELIGIOUS GARBAGE IN SCHOOLS

[The Bopper]

14. Use to go to

Branson a couple of times a year for the boating and fishing. Haven’t been for 3 years now because of this kinda silliness and how wacky the state has gotten.

[Rebl2]

16. States been

Wacky for a while now. I live here and I know.

[AllaN01Bear]

15. i guess they dont care about roads ,etc. id love to stop paying tax because of this nonsense.

[Rebl2]

17. I wish

they would get rid of tax on food like they did in KS. As far as the roads in KC area, it seems like they are always working on the roads and bridges. Same with some of the suburbs.

[Colbert]

18. In Missouri and need abortion services? Take I-70East to I-64 East

Planned Parenthood regional facility
317 Salem Place
Fairview Heights, IL 62208
[phone]
Website

Hope Clinic For Women
1602 21st Street
Granite City, IL 62040
[phone]
Website

[Grins]

20. Sounds like a challenge!

”…not necessary to see (they meant ‘save’) the life of the mother.”

I’d start there.

[Racygrandma]

21. Surgery for ectopic pregnancies

are being delayed in Missouri because doctors are fearful or being prosecuted. I heard that on facebook and I do have a link to the article. https://truthout.org/articles/treatments-for-ectopic-pregnancies-in-missouri-are-delayed-due-to-trigger-law/

[ShazzieB]

25. OMG, that's horrible!

Stupid stuff like this is what happens when blockhead politicians who lack any real understanding of what they're making laws about enact vaguely worded legislation dictating what doctors are and are not allowed to do.

Sooner or later, SOMEONE is going to DIE because some doctor put off treating an ectopic pregnancy just a *little* too long, and the state will be hit with a huge wrongful death lawsuit and a ton of bad publicity. Which they will richly deserve, but that should never have to happen in the first place. And in the meantime, there is going to be untold suffering as a result of this idiocy, which should also never have to happen.

This is the sort of thing that women in many states now have to look forward to in the foreseeable future, thanks to the smug, simpering, autocratic majority that now controls what has become the U.S. Extreme Court. It. Makes. Me. SO. Angry.

[Samrob]

22. Taxpayer money for abortions? Where, when? WTF?

[onecaliberal]

23. Another politician too stupid to know existing law.