October 2020 ! VOTE PRO-LIFE MISSOURI RIGHT TO LIFE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES Where Do the Candidates Stand on Abortion For President Donald Trump Joe Biden Abortion on Demand President Trump has proven his pro-life commitment. Joe Biden supports the current policy of abortion As president he has appointed pro-life advocates in his on demand. Joe Biden voted for the Harkin Amendment cabinet and administration, restored the “Mexico City to endorse Roe v. Wade, which allows abortion for any Policy,” and he has pledged “to veto any legislation that reason. Joe Biden supports the Democratic platform of weakens current pro-life federal policies and laws, or that unlimited abortion even through birth. encourages the destruction of innocent human life.” The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act In his 2019 State of the Union speech, President Donald When asked about prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks Trump called on Congress to “pass legislation to prohibit when the unborn child can feel pain, Joe Biden said, “I’m the late-term abortion of children who can feel pain in the not going to interfere with that,” which would allow abor- mother’s womb.” tion through birth. Nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court Donald Trump appointed Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kava- Joe Biden pledges that his judicial nominees would naugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, appointments that “support the right of privacy, on which the entire notion of are consistent with the belief that federal courts should a woman’s right to choose is based.” enforce rights truly based on the text and history of the Constitution. See page 2 article for the importance of President Trump’s reelection to the retention of the Hyde Amendment. A link to a pdf of the outstanding “Trump Presidential Record on Life” is at nrlc.org For Vice President Please copy and distribute freely to pro-life family friends. Mike Pence Kamala Harris Mike Pence is pro-life. He opposes abortion on demand, Kamala Harris supports a policy of abortion on and he supports protection for unborn children. He signed demand, which allows abortion for any reason. Kamala several pieces of pro-life legislation as Governor of Indiana. Harris is a co-sponsor of a bill that, if enacted, would inval- He opposes the use of our tax dollars for abortion. He also idate nearly all state and federal limitations on abortion. opposes taxpayer funding of abortion providers. She voted to allow the use of our tax dollars for abortion. Mike Pence supports the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors She also voted for taxpayer funding of abortion providers. Protection Act requiring that a baby born alive during an Kamala Harris voted against the Born-Alive Abortion abortion be afforded the same care that would apply to Survivors Protection Act. any other baby delivered at the same gestational age. Information provided by national RIGHT TO LIFE 1446 Duke Street Alexandria VA 22314 www.nrlc.org The Repercussions of the Passage of Amendment 2 - Medicaid Expansion James S. Cole Missouri Right to Life General Counsel hy the silence about "morning Quarterly 82 (1) (2015), 18-33, at p. 20, the House now; the election may give after pill" abortions in available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ them the Senate and/or the Presidency the recent debate over pmc/articles/PMC4313438/. Additional too. WAmendment 2? And why the failure citations can be provided for research into Furthermore, if Hyde is ended, to take seriously the growing political Plan B and "ella." proponents promised that pro-life states onslaught to terminate the Hyde The wrong of using a pill that often like Missouri would “pursue every legal Amendment in 2021? causes abortions is the same as the wrong avenue” to protect the unborn. They Missouri Right to Life brought the of doing any reckless act that puts human overlook the applicable law. Missouri first subject up several times in opposing life at risk. Reimbursing someone for statutes cannot prevail over federal statutes Amendment 2, but proponents of taking a pill that may cause the death of that establish and govern the Medicaid Medicaid expansion ignored it. an unborn child is as wrong as paying partnership between federal and state governments. Medicaid law compels a Proponents failed to acknowledge someone to play Russian roulette. state to reimburse for health services that "morning after pills" often prevent im- Subsidizing a product usually required by the federal government, plantation of a new human being and that increases its usage. By greatly increasing unless excepted by a specific federal law the Hyde Amendment has never blocked the number of women of child-bearing such as the Hyde Amendment. Planned Medicaid payments for "drugs Parenthood Affiliates v. or devices to prevent implan- Engler, 73 F.3d 634 (6th Cir. tation." 42 CFR § 441.207. The By greatly increasing the number of women of 1996); Hodgson v. Board of language of this regulation County Comm'rs, 614 F.2d has remained substantially the child-bearing age whose “morning after” pills 601, 608 (8th Cir.1980). That same since 1977. Pub. L. 95- will be subsidized, Amendment 2 is bound federal law preempts any more 205, § 101, 91 Stat. 1460 (1977); to result in a sizable increase in abortions in restrictive state law regarding 43 Fed. Reg. 4581 (Feb. 2, 1978, Medicaid is a well-established promulgating 42 CFR § 449.107 Missouri that are caused by such pills. principle. The precedents are (1978); 42 CFR § 441.207.) clear and overwhelming. Preventing implantation affects a In addition, Missouri is already week-old human being who is comprised age whose "morning after" pills will be under a federal injunction dating from of more than 100 self-organized cells that subsidized, Amendment 2 is bound to the mid-90s that prohibits Missouri from are already beginning to specialize. He result in a sizable increase in abortions in enforcing a mini-Hyde Amendment or she needs to implant to keep on living. Missouri that are caused by such pills. that is stricter than the federal Hyde Preventing implantation causes his or her For the same reason — the increase Amendment. Stangler v. Shalala, 1994 death, and that is an abortion. in eligible recipients — an end of the Hyde WL 764104 (Order Granting Summary Amendment now that Amendment 2 has Recent research demonstrates that Judgment, W.D. Mo. Dec. 28, 1994) passed means a much greater death toll in many cases, "morning after pills" (enjoining the State from enforcing § will result than if Amendment 2 had failed. cause abortions rather than preventing 208.152.1(12), RSMo.) conception. Researchers in one of the Proponents dismissed the probability of The proponents of Medicaid larger studies of "Plan B" concluded, ending the Hyde Amendment because expansion never mentioned these legal “When given after intercourse in the of public opinion polls that asked straitjackets when they minimized the fertile period and before . ovulation, questions in a vacuum. The prospect of a danger of an end to the Hyde Amendment. Plan B fails to act as a contraceptive government shutdown if anti-life forces Now there is more reason than ever for all 80-92% of the time; it acts instead as an will not approve a federal budget unless pro-life people to work hard to prevent the abortifacient, . " C. Kahlenborn, et it is stripped of the Hyde Amendment pro-abortionists from fulfilling their vows al., “Mechanism of action of levonorgestrel will change the calculus of legislators very to destroy it. emergency contraception,” The Linacre quickly. Moreover, the anti-lifers control Missouri Right to Life Annual Membership Meeting Saturday, November 14, 10:00 a.m. Pleus Hall, 1206 E McCarty St., Jefferson City MO 65102 MISSOURI RIGHT TO LIFE POLITICAL ACTION COmmITTEES CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS General Election ~ November 3, 2020 Below are the candidates endorsed by Missouri Right to Life Federal Political Action Committee and Missouri Right to Life State Political Action Committee for the November 3rd general election. Unlisted offices/districts have no endorsement. District 21 KEY MISSOURI STATEWIDE Denny Hoskins (R) I I Incumbent Governor District 23 R Republican Mike Parson (R) I Bill Eigel (R) I D Democrat Lieutenant Governor District 25 Mike Kehoe (R) I Jason Bean (R) Federal Secretary of State District 27 John R. (Jay) Ashcroft (R) I Holly Rehder (R) United States President State Treasurer District 29 Mike Moon (R) Donald J. Trump (R) I Scott Fitzpatrick (R) I District 31 Attorney General U.S. Congress Dist. 2 Rick Brattin (R) Eric Schmitt (R) I Ann Wagner (R) I District 33 Karla Eslinger (R) MISSOURI SENATE U.S. Congress Dist. 3 (Only odd numbered senate districts Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) I have elections in 2020) MO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S. Congress Dist. 4 District 1 District 2 David Lenihan (R) J Eggleston (R) I Vicky Hartzler (R) I District 3 District 3 U.S. Congress Dist. 6 Elaine Freeman Gannon (R) Danny Busick (R) I Sam Graves (R) I District 5 District 4 Michael Hebron (R) Greg Sharpe (R) I U.S. Congress Dist. 7 District 9 District 5 Billy Long (R) I David Martin (R) Louis Riggs (R) I U.S. Congress Dist. 8 District 15 District 6 Andrew Koenig (R) I Ed Lewis (R) Jason Smith (R) I District 17 District 8 Mickey Younghanz (R) Randy Railsback (R) In addition to endorsements, candidate ratings by Missouri Right to Life Federal and State Political Action Committees for each major party candidate will be found at the MRL PAC website, www.missourilifepac.org. District 9 District 39 District 62 Dean VanSchoiack (R) Peggy McGaugh (R) I Bruce Sassmann (R) District 10 District 40 District 63 Bill Falkner (R) I Chad Perkins (R) Richard W West (R) District 11 District 42 District 65 Brenda Shields (R) I Jeff Porter (R) I Tom Hannegan (R) I District 12 District 43 District 69 Josh Hurlbert (R) Kent Haden (R) I Scott E Cazadd (R) District 13 District 44 District 72 Sean Pouche (R) Cheri Toalson Reisch (R) I Darren L Grant (R) District 14 District 47 District 82 Eric Holmes (R) Charles (Chuck) Basye (R) I Robert J Crump (R) District 16 District 48 District 89 Chris Brown (R) Tim Taylor (R) Dean Plocher (R) I District 17 District 50 Dist.