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Longtime #prolife lobbyist @ MO State Capitol. Catholic deacon in St. Louis. Delighted being husband, dad & PawPaw. Love sharing what I read - news, blogs, etc.

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Samuel Lee
1 year
St. Louis judge blocks @STLCityGov from spending federal pandemic relief dollars to support abortion. It’s part of a suit former AG @Eric_Schmitt filed after Mayor @Tishaura Jones signed a bill to create the “Reproductive Equity Fund”. #MOLeg #ProLife
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Also, the Missouri Supreme Court in 2019 rejected a legal challenge to an informed consent abortion law from a self-described Satanic Temple adherent who claimed the state violated her religious beliefs.
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4 months
Missouri voters who regret signing – or mistakenly signed – the abortion petition, can legally withdraw their signature (section 116.110, RSMo). Click on the link, fill in the info and send it to @MissouriSOS . Don’t wait! #WithdrawSignature today! #MOLeg
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Thank you, @GovParsonMO , for approving $8.66 million for Alternatives to Abortion programs. Numerous non-profit and faith-based pregnancy centers and maternity homes in Missouri can now serve more pregnant and new moms and their children – born and unborn! #MOLeg #MOGov #ProLife
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Missouri statewide elected officials: Everyone should #DeclineToSign an extreme anti-woman initiative petition. Keep it off the ballot! Voters should not sign their rights & freedoms away for themselves & future generations! #ProtectWomen #MOLeg #MOGov
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With @GovParsonMO approving #SB24 – which includes expanded and refundable #adoption tax credits – even more Missouri families will now be able to open their hearts and homes to adopt #orphan / #homeless children. Thanks #MOLeg for making this a priority in 2023! #ForeverFamily
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After pro-life former Missouri AG @Eric_Schmitt sued St. Louis City and a St. Louis judge then barred the city from using taxpayers’ dollars for out-of-state abortion travel, city officials decide to now use the money to support new moms and babies. #MOLeg
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#MOLeg #MOGov #ProLife #DeclineToSign A new @EmersonPolling / @FOX4KC poll finds that a combined 56% of Missourians say abortion should never be allowed or only allowed in rare cases to save a woman’s life or when pregnancy resulted from rape or incest.
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5 months
#MOLeg must protect Missouri taxpayers by permanently cutting off tax-funded abortions and abortion businesses. Thank you, #prolife #MOHouse Speaker @DeanPlocher , for leading the charge to help pass #HB2634 – Rep. @Cody4MO ’s #DefundPlannedParenthood bill!
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The truth always comes out! The real reason abortion businesses and abortion groups are trying to forcibly inject unlimited abortion into the Missouri Constitution is because of ... ... the money – “clinic revenue”! #MOLeg #FollowTheMoney #AbortionScam
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“We want people to #DeclineToSign ,” @SamuelHLee said. “Frankly, they don’t get the signatures by May 5, then it’s not gonna be on the ballot.” Lee said, “abortion politics should not be injected into our constitution in this way.” #MOLeg #GenerationLife
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Missouri needs initiative petition reform so that the majority doesn't trample on the rights of the minority! A vote of 50% plus 1 shouldn’t be permitted to amend the constitution to take our rights away. #TyrannyOfTheMajority #JamesMadison #MOLeg #HJR72
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“Our moms find that it’s difficult to find a job that pays a livable wage, impossible to find a home they can afford and impossible to find child care, never mind child care that’s affordable,” said Valerie Harkins, director of the Maternity ... #MOLeg
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Sam Lee with Campaign Life Missouri thinks the “best approach” for #MOLeg on pro-life legislation is to “include compassion ... pregnant mothers should be offered services and help free of charge so they feel like they have the option to continue carrying their child.” He and
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The Biden Administration wants to cut federal TANF funds to Missouri non-profit agencies that provide shelter to homeless, pregnant moms. Pro-abortion groups – like @AbortionAction – say they favor denying funding to these agencies! #MOLeg #ProtectWomen
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@AbbyJohnson said she believes she’s a testament to the power of conversion, and that no one — not even someone who works at Planned Parenthood, as she did for eight years — is beyond the power of Jesus Christ. | #CatholicSTL @ProLifeSTL
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4 months
Thank you, @cody4mo , @lincolnhough , #MOHouse and #MOSenate , for not only fully funding the Alternatives to Abortion program at $8.66 million, but adding an additional $2 million for services to moms and babies – born and unborn! #MOLeg #ProLife #HB2011 #LetTheirHeartsBeat
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10 months
With dysfunction in two abortion camps, ballot initiatives stall. “They will have a hard time convincing heavy hitters to finance their efforts.” “Meanwhile, all pro-life groups in Missouri are united” to stop abortion being added to constitution. #MOLeg
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. @PPGreatPlains bankrolled @Missourians4CF with $75,000 to inject extreme abortion politics into the Missouri Constitution. If they can afford to blow money on campaigns instead of #womenshealth , they don’t need Missouri taxpayers’ dollars! #MOLeg #DefundPlannedParenthood now!
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Samuel Lee
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In Missouri, signatures for #proabortion initiatives are due in four months (121 days) – May 5. Ellen Alper ( @ealper1 ) of @NCJWSTL said 275,000-330,000 signatures are needed (via @CFieldDems @FacebookWatch ). That’s 2,200-2,700 signatures a day! #MOLeg
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1 year
Thank you, Rep. @HannahKellyMO , Sen. @RobertsforSTL , Rep. @AJSchwadron , Sen. @lincolnhough and so many, many others in #MOLeg for passing #SB24 ! The expansion of Missouri’s Adoption Tax Credit will provide a refundable tax credit of up to $10,000 for #adoption expenses.
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@JayAshcroftMO condemns ruling on abortion initiative petitions and vows to appeal: “We will not stand idly by while the courts hide the effects of this amendment and mislead the people as to what they may very well be voting on next year. ... #MOLeg
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Pro-life Missouri @AGAndrewBailey says state’s lawsuit against dangerous abortion drug will continue, despite #SCOTUS ruling. “We are moving forward undeterred with our litigation to protect both women and their unborn children,” Bailey said. #MOLeg
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Samuel Lee
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#Prolife #MOSenate budget chair Sen. @LincolnHough : “Missouri has already defunded Planned Parenthood and since I’ve been the appropriations chair, there have been no dollars reimbursed to a Planned Parenthood facility from the state.” #MOLeg #HB2634
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Samuel Lee
10 months
Activist judges ban pro-life @MissouriSOS @JayAshcroftMO from telling voters in ballot summary that laws protecting “right to life” of “unborn child” will be nullified by pro-abortion ballot measures. Court says it’s “partisan.” SOS vows to appeal. #MOLeg
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A ballot measure would enshrine Missouri’s current #prolife law in the state constitution. The ballot summary asks voters to decide if the constitution should “guarantee abortion laws protect pregnant mothers from serious risks to life or health.” #MOLeg
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Samuel Lee
4 months
. @StLouisReview reports: Pro-life advocates continue working hard with “Decline to Sign” efforts. Meanwhile, pro-abortion groups are still trying to collect signatures to place proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot. #MOLeg #MOStandsWithWomen
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Supporters of @Missourians4CF ’s initiative petition to alter Missouri’s constitution finally admit what it’s really all about — forcing Missouri taxpayers to pay for everyone else’s abortions! #DeclineToSign ! Stop #MOLeg politicians money grab! #DefundPP
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Thank you @GovParsonMO & #MOLeg ! “We’ve ended all elective abortions in this state, approved new support for mothers, expecting mothers, and children, and with this bill, ensured that we are not sending taxpayer dollars to abortion providers,” Parson said.
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Samuel Lee
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Thank you, Budget Chairman @Cody4MO and #MOHouse , for adding $2 million in grants to pregnancy resource centers that help pregnant and new moms and babies – born and unborn. On top of the existing $8.66 million, #HB11 includes the largest #prolife appropriation ever by #MOLeg !
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Samuel Lee
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June 22, 2023 – the feast of Sts. Thomas More and John Fisher – marks the beginning of #ReligiousFreedomWeek . Today, we pray, reflect and act on the importance of protecting church buildings and other sacred worship spaces in the U.S. @USCCBFreedom
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After reading all six of the newly filed pro-abortion initiative petitions to amend Missouri's Constitution, it is clear all six would allow abortion-on-demand throughout all nine months of pregnancy. Each says there is a “fundamental right” to abortion when there is risk to a
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Samuel Lee
2 years
This is a correct interpretation of Missouri law – which by statute has never equated Plan B, IUD’s, birth control pills, etc., as abortion procedures to be regulated: “Missouri AG says state abortion ban does not prohibit Plan B or contraception” #MOLeg
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Missouri judge prohibits telling voters in ballot summaries that constitutional amendment would allow killing an “unborn child” up until birth. @MissouriSOS is also banned from saying it allows “dangerous, unregulated, and unrestricted abortions.” #MOLeg
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Samuel Lee
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Great Op-Ed in the @KCStar : “I am proudly #prolife , but the idea of criminalizing women who get an abortion breaks my heart. This harmful idea in no way reflects the beliefs of the vast majority of pro-life supporters in Missouri or across the nation.”
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Samuel Lee
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#MOSenate Emerging Issues Committee holding 9:30AM hearing on Tuesday, April 16 on @Koenig4MO ’s #SB1459 . It’s an attempt to stop @Missourians4CF ’s “reproductive freedom” amendment from creating a right of children to undergo sex change operations. #MOLeg
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Samuel Lee
10 months
You be the judge, but after reading the comments that veteran reporter @bshelly heard from pro-abortion groups, it sounds like they either don’t want – or aren’t prepared to have – an abortion initiative petition on the ballot in Missouri in 2024. #MOLeg
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#MOLeg #ProtectGirls Boone County, Mo., Circuit Court judge rules that @AGAndrewBailey ’s lawsuit against Planned Parenthood for #trafficking #minors out of state to obtain abortions without parental consent can proceed: “The Court has cleared the way for my lawsuit against
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Samuel Lee
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Any bills to authorize murder charges against women who undergo abortions are dead on arrival. I’ve killed lots of bills in my 40 years as a pro-life lobbyist and I guarantee they’ll be LOTS of pro-life lawmakers in both chambers who’ll kill these. #MOLeg
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Samuel Lee
4 years
Very disturbing news. The Missouri Supreme Court is forcing Missouri taxpayers to fund Planned Parenthood's abortion facility & to promote the work of the abortion industry. This has serious repercussions. #MOLeg @cody4mo @RobertRossMO
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BREAKING: Missouri Supreme Court weighs in favor of Planned Parenthood, in its quest to seek more than $1 million in Medicaid payments from the state. #moleg #mogov
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Bills making abortion murder “don’t have the backing of at least one prominent anti-abortion lobbyist in Jefferson City, Sam Lee. One of the state’s top anti-abortion groups, @MORightToLife , also opposed a nearly identical bill” last session. #MOLeg
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Child care tax relief is on Missouri’s August 6 ballot as Amendment 1. Samuel Lee with Campaign Life Missouri said his group supports this “ #prolife , pro-family, pro-workforce development” ballot measure. #YesOnAmendment1 #MOLeg #MOGov
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Samuel Lee
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Missouri’s ‘abortion homicide’ bill opposed by pro-life group. The bill would allow murder charges against mothers who get abortions. It is opposed by some of Missouri’s most vocal pro-life advocates, including Campaign Life Missouri. #MOLeg
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Samuel Lee
2 months
Thank you, pro-life @GovParsonMO and #MOLeg , for approving appropriations in #HB2011 of $8.66 million for Alternatives to Abortion services and public awareness; $2 million to promote and facilitate adoptions, maternity homes and organizations providing material support and ...
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Samuel Lee
1 year
Pro-life @GovParsonMO allocated $266,000 that Missouri lawmakers appropriated for a new marketing campaign to promote the free resources through the state’s Alternatives to Abortion program, whose agencies offer numerous services from child care and housing, to parenting and job
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2 years
“As a black woman, I sincerely appreciate that DFLA’s mission, to preserve life from womb to tomb, includes an understanding and focus on racial injustices and the needs of minority communities,” said Monica Sparks, president of @DemsForLife .
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Samuel Lee
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Thank you @cody4mo & #MOHouse for voting overwhelmingly to defund Planned Parenthood, the largest provider and promoter of abortions in the U.S. Now it’s up to #MOSenate to protect taxpayers by passing the bill & getting it to @GovParsonMO ’s desk. #MOLeg
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Samuel Lee
2 years
Thank you #MOLeg for $8.66 million in funding for Alternatives to Abortion – a $2.2 million increase – and the largest appropriation ever! And thank you for $0 in funding for Planned Parenthood and other abortion organizations. #ProLife #HB3011 @cody4mo #DanHegeman
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Samuel Lee
2 years
“As Attorney General, I’ve tirelessly fought to uphold the sanctity of life in Missouri,” @Eric_Schmitt said. “The move by the City of St. Louis to use taxpayer dollars to help push out-of-state abortions plainly and clearly violates Missouri law.” #MOLeg
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Samuel Lee
6 years
In a speech to a family association Saturday, #PopeFrancis again stressed that God's vision of the family is between a man & a woman, & compared the #abortion of children who are sick or disabled to a Nazi mentality. #ProLife #ProtectFamilies
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Samuel Lee
1 year
Great job by Maria Lanahan of @AGAndrewBailey ’s Office arguing that laws on murder and polygamy and Sunday “blue laws” are not unconstitutional because they coincide with some religious beliefs. The same is true with abortion laws, Lanahan said. #MOLeg
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@Koenig4MO ’s #SJR87 & @JustinMSparks #HJR131 support Missouri’s nearly 80 nonprofit #prolife pregnancy centers. Those casting a “yes” vote on this constitutional amendment will help reduce maternal mortality and support moms & babies! #MOLeg #ProtectWomen #ChildrenAreOurFuture
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Samuel Lee
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@Eric_Schmitt ’s lawsuit argued Board Bill 61 violated state law that prohibits public funds from being used to assist or encourage abortion. Missouri @AGAndrewBailey continued the suit after he was appointed AG by @GovParsonMO . #MOLeg #ProLife #CorporateWelfare #AbortionFunding
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Why Columbia, Mo. voter told @MissouriSOS to #WithdrawSignature : “I let a very pushy person with a petition make me feel like I needed to sign. Immediately after, all the reasons not to sign flooded my head. Someone needs to speak for the unborn.” #MOLeg
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Samuel Lee
5 years
Great op-ed on the powerful work of @ATTWNministry : "Pro-life movement should follow @UnplannedMovie @AbbyJohnson 's lead, turning #abortion workers into allies." | @usatoday #workforcedevelopment
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Samuel Lee
2 years
Activists “spent the past two months talking about ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage only because stoking fear about women with legitimate medical needs is far more politically palatable than demanding unlimited abortion without apology” – @xan_desanctis
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Samuel Lee
8 months
The @AP ’s @esballentine is on top of the decidedly lackluster fundraising by two competing pro-abortion groups wanting to add a right to abortion to the Missouri Constitution. One group has $0 cash on hand and the other roughly $61,000. #MOLeg
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Samuel Lee
3 years
Proposed federal law would prohibit organ transplant discrimination of children with #DownSyndrome or other disabilities. In 2020, @LaurenArthurMO worked with @WielandNow to help #MOLeg pass a bill to end this discriminatory practice in Missouri. #ProLife
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Samuel Lee
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#DeclineToSign #ProtectWomen #ProtectKids #MOLeg #MOGov Missouri’s Catholic bishops are urging Missourians to withhold their signatures from a currently circulating petition seeking to ensure nearly unrestricted access to abortion through an amendment to the state’s
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2 years
“Abortion supporters have responded to this possibility [of Roe overturned] with a spate of violent attacks across the country: against churches, against pregnancy-help centers, against #SCOTUS justices apparently poised to issue this ruling— @xan_desanctis
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Three generations of #STLCards fans! First #Cardinals game of the season for us.
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Samuel Lee
6 years
Former Planned Parenthood director @AbbyJohnson , who became #ProLife , is the subject if a new film. After she left @PPact , Johnson has led And Then There Were None ( @ATTWNministry ), which assists workers who desire to leave the #abortion industry.
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Samuel Lee
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Very glad that #MOHouse Rep. Bob Titus listened to the concerns of fellow #prolife Missourians, and has withdrawn HB 1508 – a bill to allow women who undergo abortion to be charged with murder and be punished by the death penalty or life in prison. #MOLeg
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Samuel Lee
2 years
Supermajorities of Americans believe unborn children have rights, including the right to be born (80%), the right to be protected from violence or assault (89%), and the right to be protected against substance abuse (90%). @xan_desanctis @NRO @AUL
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Samuel Lee
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@Abp_Rozanski : don’t add abortion to MO constitution under guise of freedom: “Freedom for what? Freedom for parents to kill their children, rather than help them grow. Freedom for the powerful to eliminate the vulnerable, rather than lift them up.” #MOLeg
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Samuel Lee
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#MOSenate Health & Welfare Committee voted out “do pass” Rep. @cody4mo ’s #HB2634 to #ProtectTaxpayers , by defunding abortion facilities and affiliates like Planned Parenthood. Thank you #prolife lawmakers for your votes! #MOLeg #DefundPlannedParenthood
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Samuel Lee
1 year
Grateful that @GovParsonMO signed #postpartum extension into law! All Missouri moms are now guaranteed much-needed healthcare for at least one year after birth. One of the most important bills that passed #MOLeg this year – with huge bipartisan support! #ProLife #MaternalHealth
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Samuel Lee
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Thank you #ProLife #MOLeg lawmakers! Committees in both #MOHouse & #MOSenate have voted out bills to #DefundPlannedParenthood & #ProtectTaxpayers : Rep. @AnnKelleyMO ’s #HB1563 , Sen. @NickBSchroer ’s #SB810 & Sen. @meaccoleman ’s #SB1168 . Thank you committee members who voted yes!
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Samuel Lee
2 years
Three years ago (May 24, 2019) @GovParsonMO signed into law #HB126 – the “Missouri Stands for the Unborn Act” – also known as the “Heartbeat Bill”. Thank you #MOLeg and #MOGov for protecting moms and babies! #ProLife #AbortionIsNotHealthcare
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Samuel Lee
2 years
Pro-life organizations are ramping up their efforts in a post-Roe world. This includes LifeHouse, a residence for up to 18 homeless pregnant women, and Healthy Moms/Healthy Babies – both operated by Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri ( @CCSOMO ). #MOLeg
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Samuel Lee
4 months
#MOLeg ’s @RepKeriIngle says the quiet part out loud. The extreme initiative funded by out-of-state special interests is intended to force Missouri taxpayers to fund abortion as a method of birth control and is a pilfering of public funds by abortion businesses. #DeclineToSign
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Kacen J. Bayless
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“You all know that November is coming and this bill will not matter,” said @RepKeriIngle . “Women of this state are going to come in full force and demand their rights back.” #moleg
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Samuel Lee
2 years
@ThePunnyWorld In other words, a job hanging mirrors is a reflection of what you do.
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Samuel Lee
2 months
Tackling Missouri’s #childcare provider shortage is a bipartisan priority in Jefferson City. #MOLeg measure would give tax relief to child care providers.  Amendment 1 is one path to increasing availability of child care. #VoteYesOnAmendment1 #ProLife
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Samuel Lee
9 months
Great news! Missouri’s #prolife prison nursery program is expanding to help twice as many pregnant and new moms than originally planned! @MoCorrections wants #MOLeg funding to support 14 mothers and infants – not just seven. @MissouriApples1 @JeffSmithMO
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