{"id":32687,"date":"2019-05-17T01:55:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T06:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbcpathway.local\/?p=32687"},"modified":"2019-07-29T14:45:35","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T19:45:35","slug":"mbc-leaders-grateful-for-passage-of-missouri-pro-life-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbcpathway.com\/2019\/05\/17\/mbc-leaders-grateful-for-passage-of-missouri-pro-life-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"MBC leaders grateful for passage of Missouri pro-life legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>JEFFERSON CITY<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) leaders are grateful for the passage of a state pro-life bill that contains the most expansive restrictions to abortion in the state\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis piece of legislation &#8230; was important\u2014 not for legislators, not for the governor, not for Missouri economics\u2014but for yet-to-be-born children,\u201d MBC Executive Director John Yeats told <em>The Pathway<\/em>. \u201cMy family and I are very grateful for the fortitude of our pro-life Senators and our pro-life Governor to place Missouri among those states that are known for making a safe haven for little girls and boys living in their mother\u2019s womb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Bill 126, sponsored by Representative Nick Schroer (R-O\u2019Fallon), was passed by the Missouri House of Representatives in February and was advanced by committee to the Senate last month.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri\u2019s Senate passed a revised version of the bill, May 16, in a 24-10 vote, sending it back to the House for approval. The House approved the revised bill today. Now, it heads to the desk of Gov. Mike Parson, a member of First Baptist Church, Bolivar, who has signaled his intent to sign the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank everybody for being here today to take a bold stand for life and to celebrate the victories that we&#8217;ve made,&#8221; Parson said in a press conference, May 15, urging the passage of HB 126. &#8220;Don&#8217;t lose your commitment to protecting life. Because until the day that we no longer have abortions in this country, I will never waver in the fight for life. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a God-given right to live,\u201d he added. \u201cI truly believe that. And I\u2019m not afraid to say that in front of anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HB 126 establishes the \u201cMissouri Stands for the Unborn Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Missouri Right to Life Executive Director Susan Klein, a member of Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Holts Summit, expressed gratitude to the Missouri General Assembly in a statement released after Missouri\u2019s Senate passed the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thank the Missouri House and Senate for their commitment this session to increase protections to unborn children and their mothers and to Governor Parson for his strong commitment to pro-life legislation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Klein provided the following outline, detailing the key measures of HB 126, as passed by the Senate. The legislation, she said, will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ban abortion at detection of a heartbeat at 8 weeks, if overturned<\/li>\n<li>ban abortion at 14 weeks, if overturned<\/li>\n<li>ban abortion at 18 weeks<\/li>\n<li>require second custodial parent notification<\/li>\n<li>require Missouri informed consent requirements for out-of-state abortion referrals<\/li>\n<li>increase required malpractice insurance to $3 million<\/li>\n<li>increase to 70 percent of the donation, tax credits for donations to Pregnancy Resource Centers and lift the limit on the amount of the donation<\/li>\n<li>ban abortion when Roe v. Wade is overturned<\/li>\n<li>ban abortion for race, gender and Down Syndrome diagnosis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Pathway<\/em> editor and MBC Public Policy Advisor Don Hinkle \u2013 who remained at the Capitol alongside other pro-life advocates during the Senate\u2019s nearly 20-hour debate of the bill \u2013 echoed Klein\u2019s sentiments.<\/p>\n<p>But according to Hinkle and Yeats, Missourians should continue to fight for the unborn until abortion is non-existent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven in ancient civilizations,\u201d Yeats said, \u201cthere have been those so depraved and broken that they kill their young. King Solomon told us that one of the most despicable things to God is \u2018hands that shed innocent blood.\u2019 What could possibly make us think that killing innocent children in the womb is somehow acceptable? Unless you lie to others and to yourself, abortion kills an innocent child, a person. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Missouri, every day 8.2 children die because of elective abortion. We must remain vigilant until every child is safe in his\/her mother\u2019s womb. We must also be much more caring for every mother whose life circumstances are so tragic that she would contemplate a medical procedure or abortifacient to end her child\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grateful and support ministries like the Missouri Baptist Children\u2019s Home and others who come beside a woman in a crisis and help her walk through the pain of tough circumstances that most of us cannot imagine. These important helpers at crisis pregnancy centers and adoption agencies give a child whose mom faces difficult circumstances, hope to fulfill their God-given potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Missouri is the latest of several states \u2013 including Ohio, Mississippi, Arkansas, Utah, Georgia, Kentucky and Alabama \u2013 that have increased restrictions on abortions in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is much to do in the media about these bills that will set the stage for overturning Roe,&#8221; Yeats said. &#8220;Roe will be overturned. It was based on a fabricated right that fails constitutional muster especially when you consider the origin of a human life. \u00a0Decades ago medical technology stripped away the junk science used to justify Roe\u2014that has contributed to much moral decay of this culture that continues to kill its young, as if it has a right to do so.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MBC Executive Director John Yeats: &#8220;We must remain vigilant until every child is safe in his\/her mother\u2019s womb. 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