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21 Monday Oct 2024

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“…Not your incubator”

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the PAC which gathered signatures for the initiative on women’s reproductive rights, women’s health care, and access to abortion now on the November ballot as Amendment 3:

C232407 10/20/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Our American Future Action 1032 15th Street NW Washington DC 20005 10/18/2024 $1,400,000.00

C232407 10/20/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Michael R Bloomberg P.O. Box 1060 New York NY 10150 Bloomberg Inc Founder 10/18/2024 $500,000.00

[emphasis added]

Saturday, in Columbia, Missouri.

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)

Campaign Finance: Remember Kansas? Missouri is next. (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: own it (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: We’re not in Kansas anymore (January 19, 2024)

Mark Alford (r) – failure to read the womb, again (January 21, 2024)
Campaign Finance: More (January 22, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and more (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: It does, but not in the way you think. (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and even more (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: “No one expects the anti-choice imposition” (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: this is the beginning, not the end (February 1, 2024)

Campaign Finance: keep it coming (February 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: philanthropy (February 6, 2024)

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – volunteer training, petition signing, rally – Kansas City, Missouri – February 6, 2024 (February 6, 2024)

Rev. Holly McKissick – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Rabbi Doug Alpert – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Dr. Iman Alsaden – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)

Hartzell Gray – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)

Campaign Finance: the world in which they want you to exist (February 9, 2024)

Signing, Everywhere, All at Once (February 10, 2024)

Campaign Finance: definitely a global impact (February 16, 2024)

Campaign Finance: forward (February 21, 2024)

Campaign Finance: still more (February 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: more forward (February 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: keep it coming in (March 5, 2024)

Signing the Petition – Sedalia, Missouri – March 17, 2024 (March 17, 2024)

Campaign Finance: there’ll be more (March 20, 2024)

Signing the Petition – Warrensburg, Missouri – April 5, 2024 (April 5, 20204)

Campaign Finance: sign the petition (April 10, 2024)

Sign the Petition (April 15, 2024)

Signing the petition in Lexington, Missouri (April 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: on several levels (April 27, 2024)

Signing the Petition in Raymore, Missouri (April 28, 2024)

Campaign Finance: guess what’s next (April 29, 2024)

This morning in Jefferson City, Missouri – delivering the signed petitions (May 3, 2024)

This morning in Jefferson City, Missouri – delivering the signed petitions – part 2 (May 3, 2024)

Abortion Rights Rally in Jefferson City – May 3, 2024 – Press Gaggle (May 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: coming up on the agenda (August 6, 2024)

Reproductive Freedom and Health Care will be on the November Ballot (August 13, 2024)

Campaign Finance: the tide (August 14, 2024)

Campaign Finance: for the November wave (August 22, 2024)

Campaign Finance: Bam! (August 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: Dayam (August 24, 2024)

Campaign Finance: no one has forgotten (August 30, 2024)

Campaign Finance: $10,000.00 here, $10,000.00 there (September 1, 2024)

Campaign Finance: Back to the Dark Ages (September 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: On an express train back to the Dark Ages (September 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: $10,000.00 here, $250,000.00 there (September 5, 2024)

Campaign Finance: throw down the gauntlet (September 5, 2024)

Campaign Finance: seriously all in (September 6, 2024)

Campaign Finance: “We will not go back” (September 9, 2024)

Missouri Supreme Court: Amendment 3 is on the November 5, 2024 ballot (September 10, 2024)

Campaign Finance: the road to November 5th (September 12, 2024)

Campaign Finance: apparently a guy thing, mostly (September 14, 2024)

Campaign Finance: Why are we not surprised? (September 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: a friend (September 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: wedge issue (September 24, 2024)

Campaign Finance: no time to waste (September 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: time is almost up (October 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: Who would have thought? (October 7, 2024)

Campaign Finance: unequal and opposite (October 9, 2024)

Campaign Finance: not messing around (October 10, 2024)

Donald Trump’s (r) World: they want you to continue to live in it (October 15, 2024)

Campaign Finance: In 20 days (October 16, 2024)

Campaign Finance: more forward

26 Monday Feb 2024

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Today 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 02/26/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Health Forward Foundation 2300 Main St #304 Kansas City MO 64108 2/26/2024 $125,000.00

[emphasis added]

Keep it coming.

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)

Campaign Finance: Remember Kansas? Missouri is next. (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: own it (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: We’re not in Kansas anymore (January 19, 2024)

Mark Alford (r) – failure to read the womb, again (January 21, 2024)

Campaign Finance: More (January 22, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and more (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: It does, but not in the way you think. (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and even more (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: “No one expects the anti-choice imposition” (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: this is the beginning, not the end (February 1, 2024)

Campaign Finance: keep it coming (February 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: philanthropy (February 6, 2024)

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – volunteer training, petition signing, rally – Kansas City, Missouri – February 6, 2024 (February 6, 2023)

Rev. Holly McKissick – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Rabbi Doug Alpert – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Dr. Iman Alsaden – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)

Hartzell Gray – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)

Campaign Finance: the world in which they want you to exist (February 9, 2024)

Signing, Everywhere, All at Once (February 10, 2024)

Campaign Finance: definitely a global impact (February 16, 2024)

Campaign Finance: forward (February 21, 2024)

Campaign Finance: still more (February 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: still more

23 Friday Feb 2024

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The past few days 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 02/22/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Telephone Contact, Inc 7700 Forsyth Blvd, Suite 1050 St Louis MO 63105 2/21/2024 $10,000.00

C232407 02/23/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Jacob Miller 8 Berkshire Drive St Louis MO 63117 EmpowerMe Wellness Chief Financial Officer 2/22/2024 $10,000.00

C232407 02/23/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Robert Guller 500 N. Broadway St Louis MO 63102 BEB Management Real estate 2/23/2024 $10,000.00

C232407 02/23/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Abortion Action Missouri Foundation 1210 S. Vandeventer Ave St Louis MO 63110 2/23/2024 $15,181.57

[emphasis added]

Keep it coming.

Sign the petition. Encourage your friends and family to sign the peptition.

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)

Campaign Finance: Remember Kansas? Missouri is next. (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: own it (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: We’re not in Kansas anymore (January 19, 2024)

Mark Alford (r) – failure to read the womb, again (January 21, 2024)

Campaign Finance: More (January 22, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and more (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: It does, but not in the way you think. (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and even more (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: “No one expects the anti-choice imposition” (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: this is the beginning, not the end (February 1, 2024)

Campaign Finance: keep it coming (February 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: philanthropy (February 6, 2024)

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – volunteer training, petition signing, rally – Kansas City, Missouri – February 6, 2024 (February 6, 2023)

Rev. Holly McKissick – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Rabbi Doug Alpert – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Dr. Iman Alsaden – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)

Hartzell Gray – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)

Campaign Finance: the world in which they want you to exist (February 9, 2024)

Signing, Everywhere, All at Once (February 10, 2024)

Campaign Finance: definitely a global impact (February 16, 2024)

Campaign Finance: forward (February 21, 2024)

Campaign Finance: forward

21 Wednesday Feb 2024

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Today 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 02/21/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Health Forward Foundation 2300 Main Street, Suite 304 Kansas City MO 64108 2/21/2024 $125,000.00

[emphasis added]

It adds up.

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)

Campaign Finance: Remember Kansas? Missouri is next. (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: own it (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: We’re not in Kansas anymore (January 19, 2024)

Mark Alford (r) – failure to read the womb, again (January 21, 2024)

Campaign Finance: More (January 22, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and more (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: It does, but not in the way you think. (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and even more (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: “No one expects the anti-choice imposition” (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: this is the beginning, not the end (February 1, 2024)

Campaign Finance: keep it coming (February 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: philanthropy (February 6, 2024)

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – volunteer training, petition signing, rally – Kansas City, Missouri – February 6, 2024 (February 6, 2023)

Rev. Holly McKissick – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Rabbi Doug Alpert – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Dr. Iman Alsaden – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)

Hartzell Gray – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)

Campaign Finance: the world in which they want you to exist (February 9, 2024)

Signing, Everywhere, All at Once (February 10, 2024)

Campaign Finance: definitely a global impact (February 16, 2024)

Campaign Finance: in from the coasts

12 Monday Feb 2024

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Today 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 02/12/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. 125 Broad St New York NY 10004 2/12/2024 $250,000.00

C232407 02/12/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Advocacy Action Fund 555 Bryant Street Palo Alto CA 94301 2/12/2024 $250,000.00

[emphasis added]

“We are the granddaughters of the witches you were never able to burn”

Sign the petition. Then, go out and get more friends and family to sign.

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)

Campaign Finance: Remember Kansas? Missouri is next. (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: own it (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: We’re not in Kansas anymore (January 19, 2024)

Mark Alford (r) – failure to read the womb, again (January 21, 2024)

Campaign Finance: More (January 22, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and more (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: It does, but not in the way you think. (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and even more (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: “No one expects the anti-choice imposition” (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: this is the beginning, not the end (February 1, 2024)

Campaign Finance: keep it coming (February 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: philanthropy (February 6, 2024)

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – volunteer training, petition signing, rally – Kansas City, Missouri – February 6, 2024 (February 6, 2023)

Rev. Holly McKissick – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Rabbi Doug Alpert – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Dr. Iman Alsaden – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)

Hartzell Gray – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)

Campaign Finance: the world in which they want you to exist (February 9, 2024)

Signing, Everywhere, All at Once (February 10, 2024)

Signing, Everywhere, All at Once

10 Saturday Feb 2024

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Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, the PAC gathering signatures for an initiative to place women’s reproductive rights, women’s health care, and access to abortion on the ballot, and their allies have volunteers working across the state.

This morning in west central Missouri:

“End the Abortion Ban. Join the Fight.”

Social media and word of mouth brought a lot of people outside in cold weather this morning to sign the petition. There are thousands of volunteers. This scene is being repeated across Missouri.

Sign the petition. Then get your friends and family to sign it.

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)

Campaign Finance: Remember Kansas? Missouri is next. (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: own it (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: We’re not in Kansas anymore (January 19, 2024)

Mark Alford (r) – failure to read the womb, again (January 21, 2024)

Campaign Finance: More (January 22, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and more (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: It does, but not in the way you think. (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and even more (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: “No one expects the anti-choice imposition” (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: this is the beginning, not the end (February 1, 2024)

Campaign Finance: keep it coming (February 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: philanthropy (February 6, 2024)

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – volunteer training, petition signing, rally – Kansas City, Missouri – February 6, 2024 (February 6, 2023)

Rev. Holly McKissick – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Rabbi Doug Alpert – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Dr. Iman Alsaden – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)

Hartzell Gray – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)

Campaign Finance: the world in which they want you to exist (February 9, 2024)

Hartzell Gray – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024

08 Thursday Feb 2024

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Hartzell Gray

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, the PAC gathering signatures for an initiative to place women’s reproductive rights, women’s health care, and access to abortion on the ballot, and their allies held volunteer training, petition signings, and rallies across locations in Missouri Tuesday evening.

Hartzell Gray acted as the master of ceremonies for the Kansas City rally.
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I believe that we will win.

Hartzell Gray’s introduction:
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Listen. To. The. Whole. Thing.

“End the Abortion Ban. Join the Fight.”

At the conclusion of the rally:
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Hartzell Gray: ….We realize that the task ahead may appear a bit daunting. However, this room has the most important role in this campaign. You are the hearts and the soul of this campaign. You represent the majority of us. Don’t get that twisted. When they say a bunch of nonsense, no, this is a majority of us. [applause] And by the way, a super majority of the state population that knows that abortion care is health care and health care is a human right. [applause] We know that we are stronger together. We are stronger than the anti-abortion politicians, the ghouls, in Jeff City. They fought us at every step. Because they’re scared. They don’t want this smoke. [voices: “um, hum.” “Right.”] Thay are scared of what the people in this room and of what the people at the ballot box are going to do. Not what we can do, what we are going to do. [applause] They are scared of our power….

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)

Campaign Finance: Remember Kansas? Missouri is next. (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: own it (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: We’re not in Kansas anymore (January 19, 2024)

Mark Alford (r) – failure to read the womb, again (January 21, 2024)

Campaign Finance: More (January 22, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and more (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: It does, but not in the way you think. (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and even more (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: “No one expects the anti-choice imposition” (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: this is the beginning, not the end (February 1, 2024)

Campaign Finance: keep it coming (February 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: philanthropy (February 6, 2024)

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – volunteer training, petition signing, rally – Kansas City, Missouri – February 6, 2024 (February 6, 2023)

Rev. Holly McKissick – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Rabbi Doug Alpert – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Dr. Iman Alsaden – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)

Dr. Iman Alsaden – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024

08 Thursday Feb 2024

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Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, the PAC gathering signatures for an initiative to place women’s reproductive rights, women’s health care, and access to abortion on the ballot, and their allies held volunteer training, petition signings, and rallies across locations in Missouri Tuesday evening.

Dr. Iman Alsaden, Chief Medical Officer of Planned Parenthood – Great Plains, spoke at the evening rally in Kansas City.

Dr. Iman Alsaden, Chief Medical Officer, Planned Parenthood Great Plains.


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Dr. Iman Alsaden: …I became an abortion provider to listen to and trust patients, to help ensure that they have the space to be held when the world has told them they are wrong, when the world has told them they are mad, and when they have limited options to receive excellent medical care.

[….]

…I have witnessed continued attacks on our rights, followed by the complete loss of abortion access here in Missouri. It’s devastating to see firsthand how abortion bans have gotten in the way of people’s ability to get the care that they need when they need it.

And now I watch every day as anti-abortion politicians and protesters try to tell patients what is right for them and what is good for them when in fact they are endangering the lives of these patients.

Because of Missouri’s abortion bans I often see patients in our Kansas health centers who have had to travel hours, take time of off work, find childcare to access the health care that should be available to them within their own communities, where they call home. And those people who can make it to a health center in a state like, and those are people who can actually make it to a health center in a state like Kansas. Because for every patient I do see I think of those who couldn’t overcome the physical or financial burden to reach the care that they need.

These are people who cannot get what they need at home, in their communities. People who can’t confide in a neighbor or a friend in a time of need due to the fear of prosecution or retribution. Now, it’s time to change that.

As a state we are living the reality of the ripple effect of abortion bans. We know that when abortion is inaccessible the health and well-being of all people suffers. Pregnant people get sicker when all health care options are not available to them. Our home here in Missouri has become a scary place, a dangerous place. Made so by politicians who think they know better than we do, who think their beliefs should control our futures.

In a country with expert comprehensive health care this devastating reality does not have to be our future.

Every person, everyone, deserves the freedom to make their own decisions, right here, at home. Where we live. Without the interference of politicians. And everyone has always deserved that.

[….]

“End the Abortion Ban”

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)

Campaign Finance: Remember Kansas? Missouri is next. (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: own it (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: We’re not in Kansas anymore (January 19, 2024)

Mark Alford (r) – failure to read the womb, again (January 21, 2024)

Campaign Finance: More (January 22, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and more (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: It does, but not in the way you think. (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and even more (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: “No one expects the anti-choice imposition” (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: this is the beginning, not the end (February 1, 2024)

Campaign Finance: keep it coming (February 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: philanthropy (February 6, 2024)

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – volunteer training, petition signing, rally – Kansas City, Missouri – February 6, 2024 (February 6, 2023)

Rev. Holly McKissick – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Rabbi Doug Alpert – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Rabbi Doug Alpert – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024

07 Wednesday Feb 2024

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Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, the PAC gathering signatures for an initiative to place women’s reproductive rights, women’s health care, and access to abortion on the ballot, and their allies held volunteer training, petition signings, and rallies across locations in Missouri yesterday evening.

Rabbi Doug Alpert, Congregation Kol Ami, spoke at the evening rally in Kansas City.

Rabbi Doug Alpert, Congregation Kol Ami.


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Rabbi Doug Alpert: ….Being in this space, being space with really good people is what keeps me sane during insane times. But most of all, being here tonight gives me hope. It is good to be, be together tonight, this evening, to work for justice, for abortion access, and freedom for patients to make their own decisions about health care, about pregnancy, abortion, birth control, and life-saving decisions around miscarriage care and pregnancy complications. [applause]

[….]

…I had the honor of speaking at the Kansas City version of the Women’s March back in twenty-seventeen, representing the Jewish community. I can’t believe since twenty-seventeen. It is a marathon and not a sprint, isn’t it? [voices: “Yeah.”] Isaid back then that it would be women, those that led us in the march, who are gonna lead us out of this mess we are in and lead us to a more just and free State of Missouri and a more just a free country. I haven’t changed my mind about that since then….

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“End The Abortion Ban”

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)

Campaign Finance: Remember Kansas? Missouri is next. (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: own it (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: We’re not in Kansas anymore (January 19, 2024)

Mark Alford (r) – failure to read the womb, again (January 21, 2024)

Campaign Finance: More (January 22, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and more (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: It does, but not in the way you think. (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and even more (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: “No one expects the anti-choice imposition” (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: this is the beginning, not the end (February 1, 2024)

Campaign Finance: keep it coming (February 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: philanthropy (February 6, 2024)

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – volunteer training, petition signing, rally – Kansas City, Missouri – February 6, 2024 (February 6, 2023)

Rev. Holly McKissick – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)

Rev. Holly McKissick – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024

07 Wednesday Feb 2024

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Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, the PAC gathering signatures for an initiative to place women’s reproductive rights, women’s health care, and access to abortion on the ballot, and their allies held volunteer training, petition signings, and rallies across locations in Missouri yesterday evening.

Reverend Holly McKissick, Peace Church UCC, spoke at the evening rally in Kansas City.

Rev. Holly McKissick, Peace Church UCC.


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Rev. Holly McKissick: …I am actually here because of my faith. My tradition has been on record supporting abortion rights since nineteen-seventy-one. And that support is grounded in this truth, that we are created in God’s image and we are given agency and autonomy over our bodies. We are created to love with our heart and soul and mind. And that means using our mind to make our decisions about our bodies and what is best for us. [applause]

And we are here tonight because we know that these freedoms are guaranteed in our Constitution, that our Constitution protects not just freedom of religion, but freedom from religion. [applause]

[….]

…people who are turned away from abortion care suffer. They suffer emotionally, they suffer socially, they suffer financially, and they suffer physically. Because this state has enacted abortion bans that are not just punitive and punishing, they are dangerous. We have people in our own state right now who are having their care denied, deferred, delayed. We have people who have life-threatening pregnancy complications who cannot get care because doctors are afraid of being persecuted or prosecuted.

And tonight we are all here to say, hell no. [applause]….

[….]

“End the Abortion Ban”

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)

Campaign Finance: Remember Kansas? Missouri is next. (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: own it (January 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: We’re not in Kansas anymore (January 19, 2024)

Mark Alford (r) – failure to read the womb, again (January 21, 2024)

Campaign Finance: More (January 22, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and more (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: It does, but not in the way you think. (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: and even more (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: “No one expects the anti-choice imposition” (January 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: this is the beginning, not the end (February 1, 2024)

Campaign Finance: keep it coming (February 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: philanthropy (February 6, 2024)

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – volunteer training, petition signing, rally – Kansas City, Missouri – February 6, 2024 (February 6, 2023)