The mistake of the reactionary majority in the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning 50 years of women’s reproductive freedom inherent in Roe v Wade was in their apparent belief that people would do nothing in response.

They were wrong.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the PAC gathering signatures for an initiative to place women’s reproductive rights, women’s health care, and access to abortion on the ballot:

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Access MO PO Box 50089 St Louis MO 63105 1/16/2024 $30,000.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom William Coughlin 823 West 55th Street Kansas City MO 64113 Not employed 1/16/2024 $5,025.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Dana Sandweiss 7621 Westmoreland Avenue St Louis MO 63105 Not employed 1/16/2024 $25,000.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Kara Newmark 36 Lake Forest Dr St Louis MO 63117 Self Sweetology 1/16/2024 $25,000.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Laura Cohen 410 N Newstead St Louis MO 63108 Retired 1/16/2024 $100,000.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Karen Handelman 4 N. Kingshighway St Louis MO 63108 501creative Designer 1/16/2024 $25,000.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Diane Levine 60 Brighton Way St Louis MO 63105 Not employed 1/17/2024 $25,000.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Lisa Carnahan 5777 Lindell Blvd St Louis MO 63112 Not employed 1/17/2024 $15,000.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Steven Miller 8 Berkshire Drive St Louis MO 63117 Self Physician 1/17/2024 $10,000.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Terry Crow 7100 Delmar Blvd. University City MO 63130 Gateway Clippers Managing Partner 1/17/2024 $10,000.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Kim Olson 12 St. Andrews Drive St Louis MO 63124 Not employed 1/17/2024 $12,000.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Maxine Clark 155 N Bemiston Ave Clayton MO 63105 Not employed 1/16/2024 $10,000.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Abortion Action Missouri 1210 S. Vandeventer St Louis MO 63110 1/16/2024 $100,000.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Mary Neal 7270 Northmoor St Louis MO 63105 Self Writer 1/16/2024 $10,000.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri 906 Olive St St Louis MO 63101 1/17/2024 $100,000.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom for Steve Klebe and Lorna Siepser 603 Virginia Ave San Mateo CA 94402 Retired 1/17/2024 $7,500.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Planned Parenthood Great Plains 4401 W 109th S Overland Park KS 66211 1/17/2024 $75,000.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Amy and Todd Bricker 1413 Fox Hill Farms Ct Chesterfield MO 63005 CVS Health/ Dot Foods 1/17/2024 $10,000.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Wendy Roemer 1522 Elevation Rd San Diego CA 92110 Clockwork Post Finance manager 1/16/2024 $50,000.00

C232407 01/18/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom The Fairness Project P.O. Box 21337 Washington DC 20009 1/17/2024 $500,000.00

[emphasis added]

It’s a good start. It’s going to take a lot more.

Previously:

Chutzpah (Kansas) (August 4, 2022)

Campaign Finance: Not too sure about that (January 16, 2024)

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – women’s rights initiative petition for 2024 ballot (January 18, 2024)