JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri lawmakers are pushing for stricter abortion laws at both the federal and state levels after voters approved a landmark constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights in Missouri last fall.
At the federal level, Missouri U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield) has introduced a bill titled the “Life At Conception Act,” asserting that a fetus is a person under the 14th Amendment.
At the state level, Missouri Rep. Brian Seitz (R-Branson) has introduced House Joint Resolution 39, which seeks to prohibit abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detected, except in cases of medical emergencies.
In November, Missouri voters narrowly approved a ballot measure to add the right to an abortion to their state constitutions. More than a month later, a judge ruled that Missouri’s near-total abortion ban, which went into effect in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade, was not unenforceable under the new constitutional amendment.
The full article is available at ozarksfirst.com.
(Story by Joey Schneider, ozarksfirst.com)
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