Posted on Jul 23, 2022
Missouri Attorney General sues to stop St. Louis from using public money to ensure abortion...
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St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones signed legislation directing $1 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to help people cover the logistical cost of accessing abortion. Attorney General Eric Schmitt says the proposal violates a state law banning the use of public funds to assist with abortions.
Updated at 3:15 p.m., July 21, with Schmitt officially filing suit
Calling it decisive action that empowers people to make their own health care decisions, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones signed legislation Thursday directing $1 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to help people cover the logistical cost of accessing abortion.
“A few weeks ago, I stood in this very spot, and I said I would fight like hell to make sure St. . Louisans can access the reproductive health care they need,” Jones said during a signing ceremony at her office in City Hall. “Today, we won the first round in the ring.”
Updated at 3:15 p.m., July 21, with Schmitt officially filing suit
Calling it decisive action that empowers people to make their own health care decisions, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones signed legislation Thursday directing $1 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to help people cover the logistical cost of accessing abortion.
“A few weeks ago, I stood in this very spot, and I said I would fight like hell to make sure St. . Louisans can access the reproductive health care they need,” Jones said during a signing ceremony at her office in City Hall. “Today, we won the first round in the ring.”
Missouri Attorney General sues to stop St. Louis from using public money to ensure abortion...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."In recent months, several prosecutors across the country have vowed to not prosecute an individual seeking an abortion, including St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, a democrat, who signed a joint letter that ends with: “Criminalizing and prosecuting individuals who seek or provide abortion care makes a mockery of justice; prosecutors should not be part of that.”
Though the last clinic to perform abortions in Missouri can no longer perform those services, Dr. Colleen McNicholas, chief medical officer for the Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, said the building will remain open to ensure that people still have access to its other services.
“It’s great to see smaller local governments and elected officials doing the work that the state level hasn’t done whether that’s St. Louis City and Mayor Jones or the county that has also said that it would put dollars behind this work,” she said. “Basic access to healthcare has to involve everybody.”
..."In recent months, several prosecutors across the country have vowed to not prosecute an individual seeking an abortion, including St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, a democrat, who signed a joint letter that ends with: “Criminalizing and prosecuting individuals who seek or provide abortion care makes a mockery of justice; prosecutors should not be part of that.”
Though the last clinic to perform abortions in Missouri can no longer perform those services, Dr. Colleen McNicholas, chief medical officer for the Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, said the building will remain open to ensure that people still have access to its other services.
“It’s great to see smaller local governments and elected officials doing the work that the state level hasn’t done whether that’s St. Louis City and Mayor Jones or the county that has also said that it would put dollars behind this work,” she said. “Basic access to healthcare has to involve everybody.”
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