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catbyte

(35,765 posts)
Sun Dec 10, 2023, 02:33 PM Dec 2023

Missouri Republicans Introduce Bills to Charge Women Who Receive Abortions With Murder

Republicans want to imprison women over their healthcare decisions

Troy Matthews1 hour ago

Republicans in both the Missouri State House and Senate have introduced bills for the legislative session that begins in January that would charge women who receive abortions with murder.

Missouri has a total ban on abortion on all stages of pregnancy with limited exceptions. The new bills maintain those bans and add the ability for prosecutors to charge the women receiving abortions with homicide, with exceptions if the woman terminates a pregnancy after being coerced or threatened, or if a physician provides an abortion to save the life of the woman.

As we have seen with the Kate Cox case in Texas who was denied an abortion after being in the emergency room four times for pregnancy complication symptoms, saving the life of the woman is an extremely vague exception that has no basis in medical science. It only serves to create doubt and fear in the minds of physicians who don't know when the procedures would be legally permissible and have to put their careers and livelihoods at risk to perform them.

As we have seen with the Kate Cox case in Texas who was denied an abortion after being in the emergency room four times for pregnancy complication symptoms, saving the life of the woman is an extremely vague exception that has no basis in medical science. It only serves to create doubt and fear in the minds of physicians who don't know when the procedures would be legally permissible and have to put their careers and livelihoods at risk to perform them.

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https://www.meidastouch.com/news/missouri-republicans-introduce-bills-to-charge-women-who-receive-abortions-with-murder

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Missouri Republicans Introduce Bills to Charge Women Who Receive Abortions With Murder (Original Post) catbyte Dec 2023 OP
Until the majority of voters stand up for women's rights this will continue. walkingman Dec 2023 #1
Sadists. cbabe Dec 2023 #2
Immigration of woman of child bearing ages............................ Lovie777 Dec 2023 #3
R stands for Repressive, Regressive, Recidivous, Ruthless, Russian Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2023 #4

walkingman

(8,333 posts)
1. Until the majority of voters stand up for women's rights this will continue.
Sun Dec 10, 2023, 02:38 PM
Dec 2023

If you want to live in a State that condones this BS, move to Texas. But I can tell you it sucks.

Lovie777

(15,000 posts)
3. Immigration of woman of child bearing ages............................
Sun Dec 10, 2023, 02:50 PM
Dec 2023

in about 10 - 20 years Missourians will see their population go way down prompting them to cross the border to other states and steal young women or ......................

groom the young women to be baby makers.

anywho, the GQP are totally insane.

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