I am personally opposed to HB 126 and believe it was poorly thought out and passed without appropriate public debate. A bill this restrictive, without the opportunity for exceptions for rape and incest, is bad public policy and bad for Missourians.
I have never entered the public debate over abortion. Nor have I wanted to. Nor do I really want to now.
It is a very difficult subject. And a very personal one with complicated moral issues for all involved. While I am personally opposed to abortion, I do support a women’s right to choose particularly in the case of rape or incest. And I have to believe that the politicians in Jeff City that voted for this bill would themselves support their wives or daughters’ right to choose if their loved ones were raped.
I hope that Governor Parson will consider the bill’s harmful impact on women and veto this legislation.
David HumphreysÂ
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