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Missouri Becomes First State To End Abortion: : ‘A Momentous Day’
Missouri became the first state on Friday to effectively end abortion once the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade. “With the Dobbs decision just handed down and a stroke of my pen — Missouri became the first state to effectively end abortion and has become the most Pro Life state in America,” Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt wrote in a social media post: On Friday, the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, holding in the Dobbs case the Constitution did not provide a right to abortion, returning the issue to the states, Breitbart News reported: Roe was handed down in 1973 in a 7-2 decision, holding that the U.S. Constitution includes a constitutional right to abortion, despite the fact that abortion is not found in the text, structure, or history of the Constitution, and the nation went more than 180 years without ever noticing it existed. It has been one of the most divisive legal issues in American history.
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Simmons: Governor to sign voting bill
UPDATE: State Rep. John Simmons told The Missourian Friday that Gov. Mike Parson will sign House Bill 1878 Wednesday, June 29, in Jefferson City.
ORIGiNAL STORY: State Rep. John Simmons, R-Washington, is still waiting to hear if and when Gov. Mike Parson will sign the bill he sponsored that includes requirements for a government-issued photo identification to be able to vote in Missouri.
“He’s looking over it — he’s got a lot of bills on his desk that he looks at ahead of time,” Simmons said Monday. “I’ve heard him make public comments that he anticipates signing it.”
House Bill 1878, as originally filed, was identical to the bill Simmons filed in 2021 in response to the Missouri Supreme Court’s January 2020 ruling that allowed Missourians to vote using non-photo IDs, such as current utility bills and bank statements. The ruling struck down part of legislation created after a 2016 constitutional amendment passed with 63 percent of the vote.
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[Listen] Rep. Nick Schroer on What Happens Next For Missouri After The Roll Back Of Roe v. Wade
Rep. Nick Schroer joins Colombo and Katie on NewsTalk STL to discuss what we should be aware of in the coming days and weeks post Roe v. Wade overturn. Schroer warns listeners of the fake news that will be pushed heavily by Planned Parenthood and others as they campaign and fight against the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
Listen on NewsTalk STL here.
SBA Pro-Life America’s Candidate Fund Endorses Mary Elizabeth Coleman for State Senate in MO
Washington, D.C. – Today Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America’s Candidate Fund announced its endorsement of Mary Elizabeth Coleman in Missouri’s Senate District 22.
“Mary Elizabeth Coleman is at the forefront of the fight for unborn children and their mothers in Missouri and we’re proud to stand with her in her state Senate race,” said Hon. Marilyn Musgrave, SBA Pro-Life America’s vice president of government affairs. “An active member of our National Pro-Life Caucus, Mary Elizabeth is leading the charge to enact some of the nation’s strongest pro-life protections, including protecting unborn children from the moment their heartbeat can be detected. An adoptive mom herself, she has worked to expand assistance for adoptive families and many other initiatives to strengthen care for Missouri’s most vulnerable children – born and unborn. With countless lives at stake in the Dobbs case, pro-life, pro-woman champions like Mary Elizabeth are needed more than ever and we urge Missourians to support her in the August 2 primary.”
Coleman has served in the Missouri House of Representatives since 2019, representing the 97th District, and is chair of the Children and Families Committee. This session she has introduced the Empower Women, Promote Life Act to stop abortions on babies with beating hearts, as well as sponsoring legislation to protect babies who survive abortions and to extend child support to unborn children.
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A Lesson on Early Literacy from the Magnolia State
If I polled one hundred Missourians on which state they thought had the best early literacy policies in the nation, I’m almost certain most of them wouldn’t immediately say “Mississippi.” Mississippi has long been at the bottom of the pack when it comes to reading performance, while Missouri has consistently floated in the middle. However, in 2013, Mississippi brought in a dynamic state superintendent of schools, Dr. Carey Wright, who has emphasized a science-based approach to early literacy and taken a tough stance on promoting struggling readers to the next grade level. In the years since Wright’s appointment, Mississippi has reversed its last-in-the-nation status with an impressive increase in the percentage of its fourth graders who can read at grade level. In 2013, only 21 percent of Mississippi fourth graders achieved a score of proficient or above on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), well below the 2013 national average of 34.8 percent. By 2019, Mississippi had improved that by a whopping 11 percentage points, a magnitude of gain that is rare on NAEP. In just six years, Mississippi fourth grade reading scores were equivalent to that year’s national average of 34.6 percent. While scores have only just hit the average mark, Mississippi’s literacy growth in 2013 to 2019 exceeded that of every other state by seven points. During the same time period, Missouri continued to tread water. Our fourth-grade proficiency rate actually decreased by one point, from 35 to 34 percent. So, what did Mississippi do differently?
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Education Policy Should Put Parents and Kids First, Not Teacher Unions
Source: Unleash Prosperity Hotline
One of first supporters at CTUP, Jeff Yass, penned a piece in the Friday Wall Street Journal that demonstrates families with kids in failing schools would be so much better off if the education dollars went to the parents, not the education blob.
We have been told for decades by progressives that if we just keep throwing more money at the problem, it will solve the education gaps that exist in our failing public schools. Obviously, it hasn’t worked. Yass makes the case for real reform:
The Census Bureau reports inflation-adjusted spending in K-12 education has tripled since 1970 to a record $751.7 billion. Yet barely a third of all fourth-graders across U.S. urban communities can read or do math at grade level. The time has come to reimagine the way we pay for education. Let’s stop writing blank checks to failing school systems…That’s the reality for many American children. Boston and New York City each spend well over $25,000 a pupil annually for education, yet families get dismal results. Philadelphia spends $24,000, but only 17% of eighth-graders are proficient in reading. Nationwide, black mothers can expect their children to learn 30% of what they are supposed to learn to be successful in life, according to the National Assessment of Education Progress, testing core subjects in fourth, eighth and 12th grade…Now imagine if that same mother could choose how the $500,000 was spent. She could use up to two-thirds of her education money to advance her children’s education, with the remaining third set aside for the children’s use after high school. She could make sure her children received a good education that fit her values and their learning needs. She could use the money at a charter school or even to pay for tuition at a private school, religious or otherwise.”
Continue reading the full length article here.
Social Media Highlights
https://twitter.com/ShowMe/status/1541448847997779970
https://twitter.com/foxnation/status/1540444710455631875
https://twitter.com/SenateCaucus/status/1539073734530764800 - Get the word out before election season! Make sure you’re registered to vote, have marked your calendar for August 2nd, and tell your friends and family to do the same!
As a leader of the pro-life movement, an endorsement for Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman was no surprise, yet it is a great endorsement as Coleman faces establishment money in the race for state senate in District 22, Jefferson County.
https://twitter.com/BenBrownTweets/status/1540379190331166720
This is why Ben Brown has gained the support of The 100 PAC. He is a freedom fighter from all sides and the endorsements he’s gained prove it.
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