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Sherman A1

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Thu May 23, 2019, 06:27 PM May 2019

Republican mega-donor demands Missouri Gov. Parson veto eight-week abortion ban Read more here: htt

One of the most prolific donors in Missouri Republican politics is calling on Gov. Mike Parson to veto wide-ranging legislation that criminalizes abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy.

Joplin businessman David Humphreys said Thursday that he’s never entered the public debate over abortion, and doesn’t “really want to now.”

But the bill approved by lawmakers last week, which provides no exemptions for victims of rape or incest, “is bad public policy and bad for Missourians,” Humphreys said in an email to The Star.

“While I am personally opposed to abortion, I do support a woman’s right to choose, particularly in the case of rape or incest,” he said. “And I have to believe that the politicians in Jeff City that voted for this bill would themselves support their wives or daughters’ right to choose if their loved ones were raped.”

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article230737279.html?

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Republican mega-donor demands Missouri Gov. Parson veto eight-week abortion ban Read more here: htt (Original Post) Sherman A1 May 2019 OP
god has punished MO for its abortion bill? nt msongs May 2019 #1
this is interesting. plutocrat calling out his boy. Kurt V. May 2019 #2
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