Some good news for a change

JEFFERSON CITY — Leaders of Missouri Right to Life learned last week that, in the words of Mick Jagger, you can't always get what you want.

Despite an anti-abortion governor and overwhelming majorities opposed to abortion in both the House and Senate, two of Right to Life's pet bills are going nowhere this legislative session, and a third is being significantly watered down.

The group's president, Pam Fichter, and general counsel, Jim Cole, sent an angry memo to legislators Wednesday. The main complaint involved proposed changes to a bill that would impose wide-ranging restrictions on abortion providers. The Senate approved the legislation 26-6 last month. But it has run into problems in the House.

“The pro-life movement has been stunned to learn that the governor and the legislative leadership are working furiously behind the scenes … to gut SB 2 by removing most of its provisions,” the memo said.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/11597799.htm

last I heard it passsed the house local government committee and referred to the rules committee, legislature is done for the year after 6 PM Friday

http://www.senate.mo.gov/05info/BTS_Web/Actions.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=41

Does it have the legislation banning those porn billboards attached to it?

Missouri Anti-Porn Bill Reborn
By: Mark Kernes
Posted: 2:30 pm PDT 5-4-2005

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Just one week after the Local Government Committee debacle, lo and behold, much of the text of SB 32 has reappeared as a Senate Committee (read: "Bartle") amendment to HB 353, whose original function was to give more power to the Missouri capitol police squad, and to define which chemicals are now illegal to be manufactured or possessed under Missouri law (looks like just about everything but aspirin).

Left behind is SB 32's most onerous provision, requiring all adult businesses to charge a $5 admission tax, and to pay a 20 percent tax on adjusted gross earnings. The HB 353 provisions contain no taxes on adult whatsoever.

Resurrected is the definition for "sexually-oriented business" which now means, "An adult cabaret or any business which offers its patrons goods of which a substantial portion are sexually-oriented material. No building, premises, structure, or other facility that contains any sexually-oriented businesses shall contain any other kind of sexually-oriented businesses."

Gone is the requirement from SB 32 that "any business where more than ten percent of display space is used for sexually-oriented materials shall be presumed to be a sexually-oriented business," but the unconstitutional vagueness of "substantial portion" remains for Missouri's courts – and eventually for the U.S. Supreme Court – to work out.

more - http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=225886

I have been telling these folks for years that the Republican
leadership only cares about abortion every election year. They get
them to the polls and than go about making their buddies money.

Someday maybe they will realize that quality of life is what makes women decide not to need/have abortions. Until then arguing with right to lifers is like beating your head against the wall. All it does is hurt the wall.

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

Thanks, hopefully we'll chug one of those beers someday.