ST. LOUIS – One thought filled Jasper Rains’ prayers during his daily, one-hour drive to and from work in early 2007 – the thought of a baby boy who had been abandoned by his birth mother at the hospital. The previous summer, after Jasper and his wife Kendra received Missouri state foster care licenses, the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH) contacted them about this baby boy. “The Children’s Home told us … that this may be our child,” Jasper, who now serves as minister of … [Read more...]
‘Moral emergency’: Mohler’s new book responds to reality of sexual revolution
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (SBTS) — In the span of three months in the summer of 2015, three headlines marked historic events that generations of Americans past could never have imagined. First it was former “world’s greatest athlete” Bruce Jenner debuting his gender transition on the cover of Vanity Fair. Next the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states. Within a few weeks Americans witnessed the horrors of abortion in a series of undercover videos purporting to show Planned … [Read more...]
Missouri Attorney General Koster’s Planned Parenthood report ‘incomplete’
ST. LOUIS (St. Louis Review) – Several critics are calling a new report on Planned Parenthood in St. Louis “incomplete,” adding that it raises questions about how Missouri law holds the abortion provider accountable for its handling of human remains from abortions. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced in a report Sept. 28 that Planned Parenthood in St. Louis is complying with Missouri law in how it disposes of human tissue from abortions. As part of the review, Koster’s office … [Read more...]
St. Louis abortion clinic may be selling body parts
ST. LOUIS (Life News) – State legislators in Missouri moved ahead this week with their investigation into the scandal of the Planned Parenthood abortion business selling the body parts from aborted babies. Their investigation raises questions about whether the Planned Parenthood abortion center in St. Louis is selling aborted babies and their body parts. As LifeNews previously reported, there is specific concern in Missouri about Planned Parenthood’s business because one of the shocking … [Read more...]
University of Missouri ends contracts with Planned Parenthood thanks to MO Lawmakers
JEFFERSON CITY (LifeNews.com) – Missouri lawmakers have been successful in getting the University of Missouri to begin to end its 26-year relationship with the Planned Parenthood abortion business, where it taught medical students how to kill babies in abortions. Senator Kurt Schaefer used his position as the chair of the Appropriations Committee to get the University of Missouri to end their contracts with Planned Parenthood. The move came after state investigators began investigating … [Read more...]
U of Missouri focus of abortion probe
University of Missouri Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin – like everyone – would do well to obey James 5:12, particularly the part, “but your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.” In other words, just tell the truth. It is disturbing to see a leader do otherwise, especially when it pertains to the babies’ lives and Missouri taxpayers. During Loftin’s recent appearance before the Missouri Senate Interim Committee on the Sanctity of Life, which is … [Read more...]
Cedar Grove members blanket the unborn, families in love
HOLTS SUMMIT – A group of women at Cedar Grove Baptist Church here are committed to wrapping women in crisis pregnancy situations, as well as their babies, in a blanket of love. Each year, these women – Chia Stafford, Debra Jett, Allene Bills, Joy Alberts, Cathy Hartley and Susan Klein (the legislative liaison for Missouri Right to Life) – make quilts together, and they’ll put their latest creations on sale at the Strawberry Festival Quilt Auction at First Baptist Church, Arnold, on June … [Read more...]
A message to government concerning baby body parts
“Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.” – Psalm 127:3 We have all been shocked and angered over Planned Parenthood selling body parts of aborted babies, thanks to the videos by the Center for Medical Progress. We ought to be outraged that our tax dollars – more than $500 million worth – are funding Planned Parenthood’s barbaric activity. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees that every American can assemble peacefully to protest … [Read more...]
Truth Prevails: Judge Rules Undercover Videos Can be Released to the Public
NAPA, Calif. /Christian Newswire/ -- In a tremendous legal victory today, Judge O'Donnell reversed the previous court order that prohibited the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) from releasing any video from a conversation with Catherine Dyer and other Stem Express employees that took place on May 22. The court noted that even if Stem Express prevails on their Penal Code 632 cause of action, "there is nothing in [that code section that] prevents the publication of information unlawfully … [Read more...]
Five Defund Planned Parenthood rallies statewide Saturday
COLUMBIA – Pathway Editor and Director of Public Policy for the Missouri Baptist Convention Don Hinkle will be among the speakers at Saturday’s Defund Planned Parenthood Rally set for 10 a.m., here at the Planned Parenthood facility at 711 N. Providence Rd. Also speaking will be other pro-life leaders from government and the local community. The rally is one of five statewide – and more than 300 locations nationally – being held simultaneously to protest and raise awareness of abortion and … [Read more...]
Fight to defund PPFA ‘far from over’
WASHINGTON (BP) — The legislative effort to defund Planned Parenthood failed Monday (Aug. 3) in the U.S. Senate, but pro-life advocates said they will not give up. The Senate voted 53-46 to bring to the floor a bill to eliminate federal funds for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and its affiliates. In its latest financial report (2013-14), PPFA said it received more than $528 million in federal grants, contracts and reimbursements. It performed 327,653 abortions in … [Read more...]
Unions force members to fund abortion
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri union members who have religious objections to abortion may want to watch where their union fees are going, since unions across the nation have poured thousands of dollars into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). But bills proposed by both state and federal lawmakers promise to change this scenario by keeping unions from forcing pro-lifers to fund PPFA. According to Missouri Representative Eric Burlison, a Republican from Battlefield, unions – … [Read more...]
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