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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(115,351 posts)
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 12:10 PM Jun 2022

A Missouri vote on abortion? Conservatives are terrified of what the voters would say

In May, weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court discarded the law to return abortion policy to the states, Missouri lawmakers talked about putting an abortion ban in the state constitution.

“Let the voters decide whether they want to make it clear that there is no right to abortion in the Missouri Constitution,” said state Sen. Bob Onder, a Republican.

Abortion opponents in Missouri were obviously worried about the Kansas Supreme Court’s ruling that the right to an abortion is “fundamental” in the state. The judges said abortion could be regulated, but only after meeting a “strict scrutiny” standard to protect patients.

More recently, over the past few days, judges in other states have derailed some so-called “trigger laws” that mirror Missouri’s anti-abortion statute. State courts are moving closer to intervention on this issue, and they are not bound by the Supreme Court’s views.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/missouri-vote-abortion-conservatives-terrified-100000325.html

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A Missouri vote on abortion? Conservatives are terrified of what the voters would say (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
It's Missouri. Gore1FL Jun 2022 #1
Add puppy mills to the list. lastlib Jun 2022 #2

Gore1FL

(21,893 posts)
1. It's Missouri.
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 12:39 PM
Jun 2022

1> We will have a vote.
2> The citizenry will want something the GOP legislature does not.
3> The GOP legislature will do what they want anyway.

Concealed Carry? Medicare Expansion? Women's healthcare? They believe they know better.

lastlib

(24,917 posts)
2. Add puppy mills to the list.
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 02:52 PM
Jun 2022

The GOPhers are notorious for disregarding the votes of the people on their favorite issues.

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