Missouri Senate Bill Causes Pro-Lifers Problems

The Missouri state Senate today approved a bill that would seemingly help women avoid forced abortions, however, the bill is causing headaches for pro-life advocates, who are calling for it to be defeated or changed. Pam Fichter, the president of Missouri Right to Life, explains that the Senate bill "creates a two-tiered system of enforcement based on how frequently an abortion clinic does abortions. Abortion clinics that perform abortions no more than one-day-a-week are exempt from the new informed consent provisions – offering an ultrasound, fetal development information, abortion alternatives, etc. for three years. But such one-day-a-week clinics must comply with the old, 2003 women’s right to know law. Clinics that perform abortions more than one-day-a-week will be exempt from the 2003 law while complying with the new law." LifeNews