October 2014

Transforming society to respect and protect all innocent human life.

L ate in the evening on September 10, long after the halls had emptied of hundreds who came to lobby for life, the Missouri legislature gave final approval to override Governor Nixon's vetoes of two pro-life bills and one line item veto of a budget

increase for Missouri's Alternatives to Abortion Program. To shut down a filibuster by pro-abortion members, the senate used the rare procedural maneuver of calling the previous question.

The override of House Bill 1307 was passed with strong bipartisan support by votes of 117 to 44 in the House and by 23 to 7 in the Senate. The override of House Bill 1132 also received bipartisan support and was passed in the House by 123 to 36 and in the Senate by 27 to 2. The line item veto was overridden by a vote of 120 to 36 in the House and a vote of 28 to 1 in the Senate.

House Bill 1307 increases the time of reflection after counseling from 24 hours to 72 hours before an abortion can be performed. This reflection time gives a woman time to con-template her situation, research information about the dangers and consequences of abor-tion, and review the help and resources that are available to her through the alternatives to abortion program and other sources.

House Bill 1132 increases the maximum funding available for pregnancy resource cen-ters and maternity homes through tax credits. As abortions continue to decrease, more and more women are choosing life and are in need of help and services. This increase in available funds for tax credits will help provide those services.

These bills work together to protect the women of Missouri and ensure that in this matter of life and death, they don't make a decision that will have a detrimental effect on them -- both physically and emotionally. Pro-lifers across Missouri are so thankful and pleased that these bills are going into effect.

Missouri Right to Life thanks the spon-sors of these bills. We thank all the legislators who voted for these bills and for the over-rides. We are especially grateful to Speaker of the House Tim Jones and to President Pro Tem of the Senate Tom Dempsey.

You Came to Speak for Life!Legislature Overrides Governor’s Vetoes of Pro-life Legislation

Hundreds of pro-lifers attend the Sept. 10th veto session to proclaim support for protec-tions for women and for babies.

MRL PAC Goes Nine for Nine in Primary

Target Races

Missouri Right to Life PAC played an active role in nine August primary races and is pleased that candidates in all nine targeted races emerged victorious!

“In nine key races in which the pro-life candidates faced substantial opposition, including one in which the op-position was actively supported by Planned Parenthood and other anti-life organizations, Missouri Right to Life PAC got involved, producing mail-ings, radio ads, and online ads urging voters to make the pro-life choice. We are pleased that they did. Pro-life voters came out in force, choosing all nine MRL PAC-endorsed candidates in the targeted races,” said Pam Fichter, President of Missouri Right to Life

“I want to thank every voter who helped make this victory for life possible,” she added. “We have once again shown that Missouri is a pro-life state!”ph

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Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson: don’t vote for “ripping fetuses out of their mother’s womb”

Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson is a conservative Christian who tells it like it is, and he has been unashamed in the past to put his pro-life views front and center. Now, the reality television star has a new message: Don’t vote for pro-abortion candidates or politicians.

Here’s what he had to say:There are about 90 to 100

million of us who claim Jesus. The problem is only half of you register to vote and out of the half of you that registers to vote, only half of that group actually goes and votes...

Therefore, when you’re looking up there and griping and complaining about what you see in Washington, D.C., you might as well shut up. The reason they’re there is we’re putting

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them there. If you don’t get any-thing else out of this, remember this — register to vote for crying out loud...

If the dude or woman is for ripping human fetuses out of their mother’s womb, don’t ever vote for that. Don’t ever say ‘yes’ to that. It’s terrible.

... Phil is a strong supporter of the pro-life movement. Phil’s son Willie shows his love for children by being an adoptive father. Willie has a video clip posted on Youtube in which he speaks about the benefits of being an adop-tive father. The video has over a quarter million views. I was personally touched by the fact that they chose to adopt a biracial son, Will. Recently Willie and his wife Korie took in an exchange student from Taiwan named Rebecca. They fell in love with her and Rebecca is now part of the Robertson family.

LifeNews 9/17/14

Thank You!

Pray for a return of 1. respect for life!

Continue defending 2. life!

Send your most 3. generous gift to support the mission of Missouri Right to Life!

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Jefferson City MO 65102

Pam Manning, EditorContact MRL at 573-635-5110 or

www.missourilife.org

News

Artist exposes female sex-selective abortions

To raise awareness about male gender preference and female sex-selective abortion wreaking havoc on demographics in China and India, French sculptor Prune Nourry created a huge exhibit of clay sculptures of Chinese girls.

The exhibit, on display at the China Institute in New York City, is called Terracotta Daughters. The display looks like an army of Chinese girls. It pays homage to the daughters lost to sex-selective abortions, and Nourry’s focus was on girls from the deep countryside of China, where sex-selective abortions on girls are at their highest numbers.

In an interview with CNN, Nourry said, “Terracotta Daughters is about sex-selective abortions in India and China, which are one-third of the world’s

population. There is this huge imbalance between boys and girls. So I created this army as a kind of symbol.”

Nourry points out that in 2030, Chinese men will be virtually unable to find brides due to the literal eradication of the Chinese female.

Live Action News 9/17/14

Missouri Right to Life Annual Membership Meeting and State-wide Education and Leadership Forum - Saturday, Nov. 15th

MRL will hold its Annual Member-ship Meeting and its bi-annual educational and leadership forum. The guest speaker for the forum will be Nancy Valko, past presi-dent of Nurses for Life.

With professional experience in medical and ethical decisions in areas of end-of-life decisions and care, and non-heart beating organ donations, Ms. Valko will discuss the decline in medical ethics.

All are welcome. Immaculate Con-ception Parish, Pleus Hall, 1206 E. McCarty, Jefferson City, 10:00 a.m. Lunch provided with free-will offering. Call 573-635-5110 or email righttolife@missourilife.org to register.

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40 Days For Life runs through Sunday, November 2.

There are peaceful prayer vigils at one Kansas and three Missouri sites ... so now is a great time to find the one nearest you:

http://40daysforlife.com/location/

Blessings, Pam Fichter

You -- loving life. Pass it on!

Pam Fichter

We Like Women and Babies Too!

On September 10, two diverse groups converged on the Missouri Capitol, both with supposedly the same goal - to protect Missouri women.

A small group of Planned Parenthood supporters in purple shirts gathered on the Capitol steps calling for opposition to the override of Gov. Nixon’s veto of the 72-hour reflection period. They held signs which said “Protect Missouri Women.”

Hundreds of Missouri Right to Life members and other groups supporting the override filled the Capitol rotunda in a sea of red shirts calling out, “We like women, yes we do. We like women, how about you?” Post-abortive women and those conceived in rape rallied the crowd with their personal witness of how abortion hurts women, calling for the increased reflection period.

But which group is truly interested in protecting women?

In the book Complications: Abortion’s Impact on Women, authors Angela Lanfranchi, Ian Gentles, and Elizabeth Ring-Cassidy document the devastating impact of induced abortion on women. After several years of intense and rigorous research, the authors outline their findings that abortion harms women physically, psychologically, socially, and spiritually.

The authors present evidence that the link between abortion and breast cancer is incontrovertible with 56 studies showing a positive association. The book also documents immediate physical risks of abortion from injury, including perforation of the uterus, and infections - and subsequent problems such as miscarriage, placenta previa, infertility, and premature births.

Several large studies indicate a significantly higher maternal mortality from induced abortion than from childbirth. The psychological impact of abortion includes much higher rates of depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and suicide. Post-abortive women are also more likely to contract autoimmune diseases.

Chemical abortions too are associated with various risks including fetal malformations in later pregnancies, fatal toxic shock syndrome, hemorrhages, and ectopic pregnancies. The overall failure rate of chemical abortions is at least four percent with some studies suggesting a failure rate as high as 80 percent.

World-wide studies show that sex-selective abortions overwhelmingly target baby girls. These sex-selective abortions have resulted in the loss of over 160 million girls, leaving an imbalance in the population of some countries, like China and India, that puts the remaining women at risk of sex abuse and sex trafficking.

Those in the purple shirts called for women to have less time to consider all of these risks. How can that protect women? As for those of us in red:

“We like women, yes we do. We like women and babies, too!”

Help carry one another’s burdens; in that way you will fulfill the law of Christ. ~Galatians 6:2

Missouri right to Life PoLiticaL action coMMittees candidate ratings and endorseMents

General Election ~ November 4, 2014Below are the candidates of the major parties and their ratings by Missouri Right to Life Political Action Committees (MRL PACs). Ratings are based on surveys, public statements, public record, voting records for those who presently hold or previously held office, interviews, and information from those in the districts. Those candidates listed in BOLD RED CAPS are endorsed by Missouri Right to Life Political Action Committees for the November 4th general election.

KeY I Incumbent

D Democrat

R Republican

PL Pro-life/Endorsed

M Mixed voting record and/or surveyAL Anti-life

NV No voting record

GV Good voting record

GS Good survey

NR No response to survey

i Current or past endorsement by anti-life organization

U.S. Congress District 1Lacy Clay (D) I AL iDaniel J. Elder (R) NR

U.S. Congress District 2Arthur Lieber (D) ALANN WAGNER (R) I PL

U.S. Congress District 3Courtney Denton (D) NRBLAINE LUEtkEmEyER (R) I PL

U.S. Congress District 4Nate Irvin (D) NRVICky HARtzLER (R) I PL

U.S. Congress District 5Emanuel Cleaver II (D) I AL iJACOB tURk (R) PL

U.S. Congress District 6W. A. Hedge (D) NRSAm GRAVES (R) I PL

U.S. Congress District 7Jim Evans (D) NRBILLy LONG (R) I PL

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U.S. Congress District 8Barbara Stocker (D) NRJASON SmItH (R) I PL

missouri StatewideState AuditortOm SCHWEICH (R) I PL

missouri SenateDistrict 2BOB ONDER (R) PL

District 4Joseph Keaveny (D) I ALCourtney Blunt (R) NR

District 6Mollie Kristen Freebaim (D) NRMike Kehoe (R) I M

District 8Will Kraus (R) I M

District 10ED SCHIEFFER (D) PLJEANIE RIDDLE (R) PL

District 12DAN HEGEmAN (R) PL

District 14Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D) I AL i

District 16Dan Brown (R) I M

District 18Brian Munzlinger (R) I M

District 20Jay Wasson (R) I M

District 22Jeff Roorda (D) MPAUL WIELAND (R) PL

District 24Jill Schupp (D) AL iJOHN R. ASHCROFt (R) PL

District 26Lloyd Klinedinst (D) NRDAVE SCHAtz (R) PL

District 28Mike Parson (R) I M

District 30Bob Dixon (R) I M

District 32Ron Richard (R) I M

District 34Robert Stuber (D) AL iRob Schaaf (R) I M

missouri House of RepresentativesDistrict 1Robert Ritterbusch (D) NRALLEN ANDREWS (R) PL

District 2mIkE WALtEmAtH (D) PLJ. Eggleston (R) NR

District 3NAtE WALkER (R) I PL

District 4Craig Redmon (R) I NR/GV

District 5C. LeRoy Deichman (D) ALLINDELL SHUmAkE (R) I PL

District 6Robert Harrington (D) AL itIm REmOLE (R) I PL

District 7mIkE LAIR (R) I PL

District 8Ted Rights (D) NRJAmES W. (JIm) NEELy (R) I PL

District 9DELUS JOHNSON (R) I PL

District 10Pat Conway (D) I AL

District 11Galen Higdon, Jr. (R) I NR/GV

District 12Sandy Van Wagner (D) AL ikENNEtH WILSON (R) I PL

District 13NICk mARSHALL (R) I PL

District 14Stephanie Isaacson (D) AL ikEVIN CORLEW (R) PL

District 15Jon Carpenter (D) I AL i

District 16Noel J Shull (R) I NR/GV

District 17Mark Ellebracht (D) AL iS. NICk kING (R) PL

District 18Lauren Arthur (D) AL iROBERt (BOB) ROWLAND (R) PL

District 19John Joseph Rizzo (D) I AL i

District 20John A. Mayfield (D) I MBILL E. kIDD (R) PL

District 21Ira Anders (D) I AL i

District 22Brandon Ellington (D) I AL i

District 23Randy D. Dunn (D) I AL i

District 24Judy Morgan (D) I AL i

District 25Jeremy LaFaver (D) I AL i

District 26Gail McCann Beatty (D) I AL i

District 27Bonnaye V. Mims (D) I AL i

District 28Tom McDonald (D) I AL i

District 29John B. Sutton (D) AL iNOEL tORPEy (R) I PL

District 30mIkE CIERPIOt (R) I PL

District 31Sheila Solon (R) I NR/GV

District 32Andrew (Andy) Herman (D) NRJEANIE LAUER (R) I PL

District 33Syed Asif (D) NRDONNA PFAUtSCH (R) I PL

District 34Dale Mercer (D) AL iREBECCA ROEBER (R) PL

District 35Ken Duvall (D) AL iGARy CROSS (R) I PL

District 36Kevin McManus (D) I AL iNOLA WOOD (R) PL

District 37Joe Runions (D) I AL

District 38t. J. BERRy (R) I PL

District 39JOE DON mCGAUGH (R) I PL

District 40Lowell Jackson (D) NV/GSJIm HANSEN (R) I PL

District 41DAN DILDINE (D) PLRANDy PIEtzmAN (R) PL

District 42Rod Sturgeon (D) ALBARt kORmAN (R) I PL

District 43Ed Lockwood (D) AL iJAy HOUGHtON (R) I PL

District 44Thomas (Tom) Pauley (D) AL iCALEB ROWDEN (R) I PL

District 45Kip Kendrick (D) AL i

District 46Stephen Webber (D) I AL i

District 47John Wright (D) I AL iCHARLES (CHUCk) BASyE (R) PL

District 48DAVE mUNtzEL (R) I PL

District 49Gracia Yancey Backer (D) AL itRAVIS FItzWAtER (R) PL

District 50CALEB JONES (R) I PL

District 51Gary Grigsby (D) AL iDEAN A. DOHRmAN (R) I PL

District 52NAtHAN BEARD (R) PL

District 53Henry Grubb (D) NRGLEN kOLkmEyER (R) I PL

District 54DENNy HOSkINS (R) I PL

District 55RICk BRAttIN (R) I PL

District 56Patty Johnson (D) NRJACk BONDON (R) PL

District 57William A. Grimes (D) NRWANDA BROWN (R) I PL

District 58DAVID WOOD (R) I PL

District 59mIkE BERNSkOEttER (R) I PL

District 60Jason (Jay) Barnes (R) I NR/GV

District 61Tom Smith (D) NRJUStIN ALFERmAN (R) PL

District 62tOm HURSt (R) I PL

District 63Bryan Pinette (D) ALBRyAN SPENCER (R) I PL

District 64Laura K. Castaneda (D) ALROBERt CORNEJO (R) I PL

District 65ANNE zERR (R) I PL

District 66Tommie Pierson (D) I AL iJohn Saxton (R) NR

District 67Alan Green (D) NRDwayne A Strickland (R) M

District 68kEItH ENGLISH (D) I PLRekha (Becky) Sharma (R) NV/GS

District 69Margo McNeil (D) I AL iJohn Vahey (R) NR

District 70Bill Otto (D) I AL iJOE CORICA (R) PL

District 71Sue Meredith (D) I AL iJIm CAIN (R) PL

District 72Mary Nichols (D) I AL iPaul Berry (R) NR

District 73Courtney Allen Curtis (D) I AL i

District 74Sharon L. Pace (D) I AL i

District 75Rochelle Walton Gray (D) I AL i

District 76Joshua Peters (D) I AL i

District 77Kimberly M. Gardner (D) I AL i

District 78Penny V. Hubbard (D) I ALJohn Hubb (R) NR

District 79Michael Butler (D) I AL iRobert Vroman (R) AL

District 80Mike Colona (D) I AL iMichael Huett (R) NR

District 81Jacob W. Hummel (D) I AL i

District 82Michele Kratky (D) I MJake Koehr (R) NR

District 83Gina Mitten (D) I AL iJeremy Buckingham (R) NR

District 84Karla May (D) I AL i

District 85Clem Smith (D) I AL i

District 86Joe Adams (D) AL i

District 87Stacey Newman (D) I AL i

District 88Tracy McCreery (D) AL iRAymOND CHANDLER (R) PL

District 89Al Gerber (D) NRJOHN J. DIEHL, JR. (R) I PL

District 90Deb Lavender (D) AL i GINA JAkSEtIC (R) PL

District 91Jeanne Kirkton (D) I AL iMichael Peters (R) NR

District 92Genise Montecillo (D) I AL iAL FAULStICH (R) PL

District 93Bob Burns (D) I AL iGARREtt mEES (R) PL

District 94Vicki Lorenz Englund (D) I AL iCLORIA BROWN (R) PL

District 95mARSHA HAEFNER (R) I PL

District 96mIkE LEARA (R) I PL

District 97Tom Dohack (D) NV/GSJOHN mCCAHERty (R) I PL

District 98SHAmED DOGAN (R) PL

District 99Wm. (Bill) Pinkston (D) NRANDREW kOENIG (R) I PL

District 100Sue Allen (R) I NR/GV

District 101Candace Farmer (D) AL iDON GOSEN (R) I PL

District 102John Callahan (D) NRkURt BAHR (R) I PL

District 103JOHN D. WIEmANN (R) PL

District 104Terry Lesinski (D) NRkAtHIE CONWAy (R) I PL

District 105Matt Judkins (D) NRmARk PARkINSON (R) I PL

District 106Ken Tucker (D) AL i CHRISSy SOmmER (R) I PL

District 107Ron Hicks (R) I NR/GV

District 108Marlon Williams (D) NRJUStIN S. HILL (R) PL

District 109Barbara Bollmann (D) NRPAUL CURtmAN (R) I PL

District 110kIRk mAtHEWS (R) PL

District 111Michael Frame (D) I ALSHANE RODEN (R) PL

District 112Robert W Butler (D) NRROB VESCOVO (R) PL

District 113Sean Fauss (D) AL iDAN SHAUL (R) PL

District 114T.J. McKenna (D) I NR/GVBecky Ruth (R) NV/GS

District 115Dan Darian (D) NV/GS ELAINE F. GANNON (R) I PL

District 116kEVIN ENGLER (R) I PL

District 117Linda Black (D) I NR/GV

District 118BEN HARRIS (D) I PLMichael P. McGirl (R) NV/GS

District 119Susan J. Cunningham (D) AL iDAVE HINSON (R) I PL

District 120zECH HOCkERSmItH (D) PLJason Chipman (R) M

District 121kEItH FREDERICk (R) I PL

District 122StEVE LyNCH (R) I PL

District 123DIANE FRANkLIN (R) I PL

District 124Rocky Miller (R) I NR/GV

District 125WARREN D. LOVE (R) I PL

District 126Sam Foursha (D) NRRepublican TBD

District 127mIkE kELLEy (R) I PL

District 128SUE ENtLICHER (R) I PL

District 129John L. Wilson (D) NRSANDy CRAWFORD (R) I PL

District 130JEFF mESSENGER (R) I PL

District 131Marlee Yant (D) AL iSONyA mURRAy ANDERSON (R) I PL

District 132Charlie Norr (D) I AL iFRED ELLISON (R) PL

District 133ERIC W. BURLISON (R) I PL

District 134Kevin Knox (D) NRELIJAH HAAHR (R) I PL

District 135Angie Filbeck (D) AL iLincoln Hough (R) I NR/GV

District 136kEVIN AUStIN (R) I PL

District 137Sandy Grogan (D) NRLyNDALL FRAkER (R) I PL

District 138Don Phillips (R) I NR/GV

District 139JERED tAyLOR (R) PL

District 140Jim Billedo (D) NRLyNN mORRIS (R) I PL

District 141tONy DUGGER (R) I PL

District 142ROBERt ROSS (R) I PL

District 143JEFF POGUE (R) I PL

District 144PAUL FItzWAtER (R) I PL

District 145Charles Elrod (D) NRSHELLEy (WHItE) kEENEy (R) I PL

District 146Donna Lichtenegger (R) I NR/GV

District 147Gary L. Gaines (D) NRkAtHy SWAN (R) I PL

District 148HOLLy REHDER (R) I PL

District 149Bill Burlison (D) NRDON RONE (R) PL

District 150Walter Dearing (D) MANDREW mCDANIEL (R) PL

District 151Ryan Wm. Holder (D) NRtILA ROWLAND HUBRECHt (R) I PL

District 152Todd Richardson (R) I NR/GV

District 153StEVE COOkSON (R) I PL

District 154Shawn Rhoads (R) I NR/GV

District 155LyLE ROWLAND (R) I PL

District 156JEFF JUStUS (R) I PL

District 157Vince Jennings (D) AL imIkE mOON (R) I PL

District 158Scott Fitzpatrick (R) I NR/GV

District 159Bill Lant (R) I NR/GV

District 160Bill Reiboldt (R) I NR/GV

District 161Charles (Hugh) Shields (D) AL iWILLIAm (BILL) WHItE (R) I PL

District 162CHARLIE DAVIS (R) I PL

District 163Michael Jarrett (D) NRTom Flanigan (R) I NR/GV

St. Louis CountyCounty ExecutiveSteve Stenger (D) AL iRICk StREAm (R) PL

Memorials & HonorariumsIn memory or in honor of loved ones or friends, these gifts

were made to Missouri Right to Life.

Wilbert Unnerstall East Central Area Chapter - Missouri Right to LifeMary V. Welch Fr. W. F. Church Delerinka Clark Dale Cunningham, Trustee Helen Fishbeck Barbara Greenwell Celeste Klebba Nancy McWilliams Dr. & Mrs. Robert Miller, Jr. Robert H. Miller III Rep. Lindell & Lydia Shumake Helen Snyder Richard & Jeanne Todd

Paid for by missouri Right to Life Political Action Committees, Patricia Skain treasurer. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee.

In honor of ~ Given by ~Jack & Mary Beth Bettag ~ 50th Anniversary Bob & Trish Willmering

Betsy Carlsen ~ Birthday Janet Susi

Dan & Nancy Crawmer ~ Wedding Dave & Ann Stahlschmidt

Missouri Right to Life thanks those who honor their deceased loved ones or who celebrate an important event by making a gift to MRL.

In memory of ~ Given by ~Trudy Boltinghouse Hannibal Chapter - Missouri Right to LifeDennis Fishbeck Rita VillingerJacob C. Hutchback Al & Betty Deteters Thomas & Mary Dyer Mary & Dave Kutchback Jan Leonhard & Family Mr. & Mrs. Dave SchmidtJason Jordon Delores ScheulerSharon Kelly Hannibal Chapter- Missouri Right to LifeKathie Diane Kidd Michael & Novell WilsonVirginia Spears Barbara Greenwell

For information or to request a confidential consultation, contact Pam Fichter at 573- 635-5110 or email pam.f@missourilife.org.

Celebrate a lifetime ofgiving……by giving beyond a lifetime! Your decision to enact a planned gift to Missouri Right to Life and/or our Education Fund (tax-deduct-ible) through your will, trust, or an annuity is a gift that lives on – and saves lives.

In memory of ~ Given by ~

Fairs! Right - Like the Town & Country Fair where Dan and Terence man the East Central Area Chapter’s booth.

The Inaugural St. Charles County Chapter Golf Tournament!

Essential Events for aPro-Life Summer Rummage sales!

Left - Like Shelby County Chapter’s! Even a guitar to offer with a free demonstration from Fr. Bermejo!

The National Right to Life Convention! And MRL is well represented!

P. O. Box 651Jefferson City MO 65102

Thanks to all of you for jobs well done!

Parades! Left - Like Sedalia Chapter’s joining the Sacred Heart Home-coming Parade where Bonnie and Louise carry the message of Life!

Golf Tournaments! Like Western Region’s 11th Annual!

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