Abortions in Missouri have decreased, and Missouri voters approved a ballot measure to add the right to an abortion to their state constitution. Still, Republicans are aggressively trying to limit women’s right to choose. Republican lawmakers have opposed raising the marriage age, with some arguing child marriage bans would encourage abortion.
And now, legislation proposed by state Rep. Phil Amato, House Bill 807, nicknamed the “Save MO Babies Act,” seeks to register pregnant women who are “at risk” in the state allegedly to “reduce the number of preventable abortions.” It’s not clear how “at risk” pregnant women are determined, but it’s a shocking invasion of privacy.
Via The Hill:
The bill summary states that, if passed, Missouri would create a registry of every expecting mother in the state “who is at risk for seeking an abortion” starting July 1, 2026. The list would be created through the Maternal and Child Services division of the Department of Social Services, but the measure did not specify how the “at risk” would be identified.
