'If your neighboring state doesn't have pro-life protections, it minimizes the ability to protect the unborn in your state,' said the lawmaker behind the bill.
A Missouri state lawmaker has proposed a bill that would allow private citizens to be sued for aiding women who get out-of-state abortions.
Republican Representative Mary Elizabeth Coleman introduced the bill in the Missouri House on Tuesday. If it makes its way through the legislative process, the measure, which is currently awaiting debate in the House, would allow any private citizen in Missouri to sue someone who assisted a fellow Missourian in obtaining an abortion in another state.
While Missouri does currently allow legal abortions, they must be performed before the 22-week mark of pregnancy, and there is only one remaining abortion clinic in the state. Coleman's measure is reportedly piggybacking off of a recent anti-abortion law in Texas that prohibits most abortions in that state after the six-week mark of pregnancy. In addition to opening the door for lawsuits for aiding with out-of-state abortions, the Missouri bill would also make it illegal to manufacture or distribute abortion pills in the state.
Mary Elizabeth Coleman, a GOP state representative from Missouri, has introduced a bill that would allow private citizens to sue those who assist Missourians in receiving out-of-state abortions. Above, Coleman is seen canvassing for votes ahead of the 2018 midterms.Coleman is one of the most outspoken anti-abortion activists in the GOP-controlled Missouri House. Before being elected, Coleman worked for the anti-abortion Thomas More Society law firm.
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