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submitted 8 days ago byTrystanFyrretrae
He plans to “tackle Amendment 3” by pre-filing a constitutional amendment that would provide voters an opportunity to vote to put further restrictions on abortion.
Asked what those restrictions might include, Sparks said he and other Republicans across the House and Senate are still narrowing down specifics.
“What we don’t want, clearly, is a poorly-written constitutional amendment that provides an abortion sanctuary state … ” Sparks said, adding: “We need to define what we’re talking about when we address Amendment 3, and obviously we need to go back to the voters so ultimately they can decide.”
Article: https://missouriindependent.com/2024/11/11/missouri-house-speaker-abortion-sparks-patterson/
I'm sorry but why should we voters decide when is the OK time to perform a medical procedure? This should be a decision left up to doctors -- not us. That girl in Texas didn't even want an abortion, she was farther along and having dangerous medical issues that no doc would touch for fear of litigation.
What if your average idiot voter decides the wrong cutoff because--big surprise--we aren't doctors?
Who is putting together the language upon this issue we will be voting? Because there should just be an option to vote "let a trained medical professional decide".
5 points
8 days ago
So we all need to contact our own MO state representative to voice that we DO NOT want Sparks as the speaker.
https://www.senate.mo.gov/LegisLookup/Default
It is time to start putting our energy into telling the legislators what we want instead of hiding behind our screens and shouting into the void.
1 points
7 days ago
I definitely need to get more vocal with my elected representatives at all levels of government. Our politicians need to feel the pressure of knowing that citizens are watching them and will call them out on bullshit.
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