The law set to take effect Aug.28, in Missouri, definitely was aimed at trying to prevent the easy availability of a woman’s right to an abortion, should she find it necessary to have one. What a bunch of unnecessary “regulations” put on Planned Parenthood, with the obvious aim of putting them out of business. Guess Missouri is interested in sending women back to the back alley abortions and coat hangers!

pagansister, that would be the effect. A lot of the politicians probably want the votes more than they actually care what happens about the abortions. And they sure don’t care what happens to the women of Missouri.
And by making it harder to get abortions they make some of the fetuses that are eventually aborted more nearly like actual babies. So if they actually cared about “human life” they are doing just the wrong thing.

“And they sure don’t care what happens to the women of Missouri.”
No, they don’t. The people of Missouri seem more concerned about forcing their beliefs on others.
Missouri oppresses women, queers, and non-whites.
Missouri should be pronouced “misery”.
Peace!

JohnQ: “Missouri should be pronounced “misery”. ”
Totally agree with that!!

Hey JohnQ,
I don’t recall being asked about this change at all. This stupid
governor is NOT speaking for all of us. I am ashamed about things that have been passed in MO, although we got stem cell research through even as they are now trying to dismantle what was passed.
I have lived here all my life, and anywhere else (except ks) is sounding goo.

Poor Missouri, we’re not all “Gods Warriors”, better known as Fundamentalists. They are making it harder, and more expensive, but maybe in the end, results even more up to date and safer. Look at it postively. We should be able to compare with St. Louis, eventually. CNN’s Amanpore is giving all of us a good look at relationships caused by religion on her three night special, “Gods Warriors”, we can all learn more and see ourselves better, in a mirror, so to speak.

Henrietta, I just watched a lot of the first part of “God’s Warriors”. Amanpour did her usual excellent job; it’s a very valuable series. We’d be in so much better shape with more reporters like her.
The other two segments, probably largely independent of the first, are tomorrow and Thursday nights at 9:00 ET, 6:00 PT.

For those of us who believe that a fetus is a human being, anything that restricts access to abortions is a good thing. But anyone who thinks that pro-life people are folks who don’t care about people are wrong, and probably do not know any pro-life people personally. Here in the city where I live, there is an organization funded solely by private donations which takes care of women who are pregnant and without support. This organization provides food, medical assistance, shelter, clothing, counseling at no expense to the women for whom they care. It is a serious mistake many make who assume that opposing abortion is tantamount to hating women. That idea is simply ludicrous.

“It is a serious mistake many make who assume that opposing abortion is tantamount to hating women.”
Me thinks you are trying to create a “strawman”. I do not see any post…nor, anywhere in the article that it is suggested that people who oppose abortion hate women.
What is being suggested is that some people in Missourt (and, some people who opposed abortion) do not respect the wishes, knowledge, and wisdom of women.
Peace!

WC, I said the politicians involved in this don’t care what happens to the women of Missouri. I didn’t comment on whether or to what extent they, or anti-abortionists in general, hate women. That would be a long topic and not real germane to this article.
But tell me, does that organization you describe provide those services to all women in need, or just ones carrying a fetus that they might otherwise abort? In other words, is it the woman or the fetus they are concerned with?

Fair question. The answer is, both. As far as I know, they do not turn anyone away. And help does not stop when the baby is born. It continues as long as it is needed, and there are private funds to pay for it. And hours and hours of volunteer help with no pay.

WC, so a non-pregnant lady could walk in there and get free medical help? I’d think they’d have a lot of takers. But if so, good for them.
Joe, we are talking about zygotes and embryos and fetuses here, not little babies. You can’t abort a baby; it’s already born. And when needed abortions are easily available there will be fewer older, more baby-like fetuses aborted.

Windsors Child
Here in the city where I live, there is an organization funded solely by private donations which takes care of women who are pregnant and without support. This organization provides food, medical assistance, shelter, clothing, counseling at no expense to the women for whom they care.
It sounds like that privately funded organization provides just about everything… except choice.
The notion that a fetus is a human being with comparable individual rights is a belief, not a fact. For the sake of your belief, you literally supersede the fetus over the rights of the living, breathing Woman. That’s what I have a problem with.
While the moment of individual identity of ‘self’ may be debatable, I would rather err on the side of a Woman retaining rights and choice over what happens to her own body. To do otherwise is tantamount to forced pregnancy, which I’m sure many of these people would applaud, even if they are too sly to actually come out and say it. When you attempt to remove the option of choice, and to even make it illegal to seek alternatives, what else is it?
I expect a lot of young ladies will start visiting their cousins in Mexico and Canada soon enough. The fact is, you can’t stop abortion; there are multitudes of natural herbal remedies that do the same thing. Do you plan to outlaw plants, next? For every arrogant law man creates, Mother Nature will find a way.

It is a women’s rights issue. NO one has the RIGHT to tell a woman she has to carry a pregancy to term…NO ONE! With all the help given by well meaning organizations, the woman physically has to carry an unwanted pregancy to term, with all that that involves. If she doesn’t want to do that, for whatever reason (and most are VERY GOOD reasons…not a decision taken lightly) then she has the right to terminate. The state of MO. has seen fit to increase the chances that a woman will head to another place where she can get a legal abortion, go to “back alley” or try to terminate by herself.
Planned Parenthood is an excellent place to go for pregancy prevention methods….did the state ever think of that? No conception, no possible reason for abortion.

Excuse the incorrect spelling of the word “pregnancy”!!! Having been in that condition twice, you’d think the brain and fingers would get together and spell the word correctly!