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Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].
Today:
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt Becomes First to Issue Opinion Following SCOTUS Opinion in Dobbs, Effectively Ending Abortion in Missouri
Jun 24, 2022, 09:22 AM by AG SchmittFollowing the Supreme Court of the United States’ ruling in Dobbs that overturns Roe v. Wade, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today issued an opinion to the Missouri Revisor of Statutes that “triggers” parts of Missouri’s House Bill 126, effectively ending abortion in the State of Missouri. Missouri is the first state in the country to do so.
“Today, following the United States Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, with the issuance of an attorney general opinion, my Office has yet again reinforced Missouri’s dedication to protecting the sanctity of life, both born and unborn. With this attorney general opinion, my Office has effectively ended abortion in Missouri, becoming the first state in the country to do so following the Court’s ruling,” said Attorney General Schmitt. “My Office has been fighting to uphold the sanctity of life since I became attorney general, culminating in today’s momentous court ruling and attorney general opinion. I will continue the fight to protect all life, born and unborn.”
Section B of HB126 states, “The enactment of section 188.017 of this act shall only become effective upon notification to the revisor of statutes by an opinion by the attorney general of Missouri…”
And Section 188.017 that is “triggered” by an attorney general’s opinion states, in part, “Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no abortion shall be performed or induced upon a woman, except in cases of medical emergency…”
Thus, with the opinion from the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, abortion, except in cases of medical emergency, is now outlawed in the State of Missouri.
The opinion states, “By issuing this Attorney General Opinion No. 22-2022 and providing it directly to you, I hereby provide notification to the Revisor of Statutes, pursuant to § 188.017.4(1), that the United States Supreme Court has overruled, in whole or in part, Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), restoring or granting to the state of Missouri the authority to regulate abortion to the extent set forth in § 188.017, RSMo, and that as a result, it is reasonably probable that § 188.017 would be upheld by the court as constitutional.”
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The Attorney General’s Opinion No. 22-2022:
“…Missouri is the first state in the country to do so…”
That’s going to be some campaign slogan for Eric Schmitt (r): “I’m quick on the trigger.”
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“But her emails….” Let’s put the blame where this belongs – the religious right GOP and complacent Dems. This has been a 30 year plan by religion and one election did not cause today’s decision.
Democrat-held WH, Senate and House didn’t find women’s lives worth getting rid of the filibuster or codify Roe with a majority supporting women’s reproductive rights. Republicans took advantage of it.
But VOTE BLUE bygahd. That will fix everything.
Are women gobsmacked? Yes. The rot stinks in Denmark/Missouri. But no one is doing anything different. Expect more loss: LGBTQ rights, contraceptives, et al in the near future.
Repelling women’s voting rights doesn’t seem like such a far-fetched thought now.
“But her emails….” is condescending and just as much a red herring as blaming any one person for this.
Wealthy women will still have safe abortions. Other women will just have abortions.
“….’But her emails….’ is condescending and just as much a red herring as blaming any one person for this….”
Right, because if you pull a gear out of the machine it’ll still get them where they want to go.
There were 3 Democratic Presidents with Democratic House and Senate majorities before 2016 that could have codified reproductive rights since 1973 if women’s rights had been important enough for them. Why didn’t they? Why didn’t Biden?
“Her emails” were not why she lost when 55% of white women voted for FatCaligula in 2020, up from “her emails” in 2016 at 53%.
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You appear to believe that our American experiment was or is somehow robust. It isn’t. It’s incredibly fragile and subject to to the whims of individuals who act in bad faith or other singular bad actors.
“When they go low, we go high” was never a viable option in the world we live in.
Still, all it takes is pulling one gear out of the machine at any one time.