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08 Wednesday Jan 2025

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Missouri town rejects initial anti-abortion push to become ‘sanctuary city for the unborn’
Despite voicing opposition to abortion, most members of the Rolla City Council worried the ordinance would do little besides inspire costly litigation
By: Anna Spoerre – January 7, 2025 2:16 pm

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The mayor remained skeptical from the start.

“It’s not clear to me why Rolla needs to carry this banner when the problem, whether it’s the attorney general, the governor or whoever the hell else is up there, they need to sort this out,” Magdits said last month. “I don’t think it’s Rolla, Missouri’s responsibility to lead this charge.”

His opinion seemed to change little on Monday.

In fact, Dickson said after the meeting, Magdits “threatened to cut my nuts off” after he accused Magdits of siding with Planned Parenthood, even though Magdits during the meeting expressed frustration that Amendment 3 even made it on the ballot.

The Independent could not immediately reach the mayor for comment, but Rolla City Administrator John Butz confirmed he overheard part of the conversation.

“I was there and I heard it,” Butz said. “I think in the context the mayor wasn’t threatening him per se with that, I think it was in the side conversation the two of them were having. So I’ll leave it up to them to comment on the intent or the context of what was said.”

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Yep, Missouri.

“…most members of the Rolla City Council worried the ordinance would do little besides inspire costly litigation…” You think?

“You will never have the comfort of our silence”

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: even more for choice (October 21, 2024)

Campaign Finance: what she said (October 25, 2024)

Campaign Finance: after that forced birth, you’re on your own (October 25, 2024)

Campaign Finance: everyone knows someone (October 27, 2024)

Campaign Finance: making it their business (October 28, 2024)

Campaign Finance: gird your loins (October 29, 2024)

Campaign Finance: To spend on what?

Fuck You, Fuck You, Very, Very Much (October 30, 2024)

Campaign Finance: the forced birthers spend their money (November 2, 2024)

On the same ballot (November 6, 2024)

And here you thought you were safe (November 8, 2024)

Campaign Finance: missed it by that much (November 9, 2024)

Andrew Bailey’s (r) favorite whine (November 27, 2024)

SB 119: right wingnut lunacy (December 5, 2024)

Amendment 3: a number of Missouri’s TRAP statutes enjoined by the Jackson County Circuit Court (December 20, 2024)

Planned Parenthood remains subject to TRAP restrictions in Missouri (December 21, 2024)

Rolla (January 5, 2025)

About that city council meeting in Rolla (January 7, 2025)

About that city council meeting in Rolla

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“Hands off my body”

From the ACLU [pdf]:

To: Rolla City Council
Date: January 3rd, 2025

Re: Consideration of Rolla as a “Sanctuary City for the Unborn”

It has come to our attention that Rolla’s City Council is considering a “Sanctuary City for the Unborn” ordinance. The ACLU of Missouri strongly recommends that the Council decline to act on this proposal and reject the ordinance in its entirety. The proposed ordinance is clearly invalid under Missouri statute and the Missouri Constitution and will result in costly litigation. Article I, Section 36 of the Missouri Constitution prohibits the government from infringing on the fundamental constitutional right to reproductive freedom, which includes the right to make and carry out all decisions related to abortion care. Section 36 applies not only to the State of Missouri, but to municipalities like the City of Rolla. See Mo. Const. Art. I, § 36.8. Additionally, Section 188.010 of Missouri’s Revised Code further preempts local abortion restrictions, including those under consideration by the Rolla City Council.

While the draft ordinance claims to ensure “compliance” with federal laws, including the Comstock Act, it instead imposes requirements that conflict with how courts and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have long interpreted the Comstock Act. As set forth in a lengthy analysis by the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel, courts have consistently held that the Comstock Act does not apply to drugs and articles sent and received for lawful abortions.1 Congress has ratified this limiting interpretation, and the DOJ has endorsed it. Therefore, this ordinance is not about “compliance” with federal law but rather about imposing a misguided interpretation, which contradicts established legal precedents and Congressional intent.

Additionally, the proposed ordinance could have severe repercussions beyond abortion access particularly in the realm of reproductive healthcare. Medications like mifepristone and misoprostol, as well as instruments used in procedural abortion care, are critical for numerous aspects of reproductive health care, including managing miscarriages. The language of the ordinance could authorize lawsuits against hospitals and other providers receiving these materials for numerous healthcare services, including miscarriage management, even when abortion is not involved. Since the medications and other materials used by healthcare providers to treat patients experiencing miscarriages, as well as many other health conditions, were—under the draft ordinance’s terms—“designed” for abortion care, “adapted” for abortion care, and/or “described in a manner calculated to lead another to use or apply it for producing abortion,” this ordinance poses a significant risk of undermining essential medical care, including for individuals experiencing miscarriages in emergency situations. The consequences could jeopardize women’s healthcare broadly, not just constitutionally protected abortion care.

1 U.S. Dep’t of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel Opinion, https://www.justice.gov/olc/opinion/file/1560596/dl?inline (last visited Jan. 3, 2025).

A municipality cannot override the Missouri Constitution or ignore the will of Missouri voters who have established clear protections for reproductive freedom. The proposed ordinance is not only an overreach of local authority but also a threat to the health and well-being of Rolla residents.

We strongly encourage the Council to respect the will of the people, legal realities, and medical realities governing reproductive healthcare in Missouri. Rejecting this ordinance would demonstrate the City’s commitment to upholding the law and prioritizing the health and well being of its community.

Attempting to impose such a measure would invite expensive legal challenges, divert valuable city resources, and, most importantly, cause unnecessary harm and delay to individuals in need of critical healthcare.

The ACLU of Missouri urges the Council to consider the best interests of its citizens and comply with its constitutional obligations. In the meantime, we will be closely monitoring the proposed ordinance.

Sincerely,

Tori Schafer
Director of Policy and Campaigns
ACLU of Missouri

Tori Schafer, ACLU Missouri [2024 file photo]

News item:

Rolla rebukes groundbreaking anti-abortion ordinance, for now
St. Louis Public Radio | By Jonathan Ahl
Published Jan. 7, 2025 at 1:17 p.m. CST

Rolla City Council on Monday rebuked an attempt by one of its aldermen to make the city the first in Missouri to adopt an ordinance that would make it a so-called “Sanctuary City for the Unborn.”

Alderman Josh Vroman has been working with anti-anbortion advocates in Texas and St. Louis to move the legislation forward. He withdrew the legislation from consideration after criticism from several members of the council. Vroman said he would bring a new draft of the ordinance to the council in the coming weeks.

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The Sanctuary City for the Unborn organization has helped more than 60 cities in Texas, Ohio, Illinois, New Mexico and Nebraska adopt ordinances restricting access to abortion services at the municipal level.

Rolla would be the first in Missouri, and Mayor Lou Magdits said he doesn’t want to see that happen.

“Nobody else in the state has done this. So what does that tell me? It tells me we’re about to be used,” he said. “And that’s the part that I really feel uncomfortable with.”

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Yeah, the litigation costs would certainly make anyone uncomfortable.

“They won’t stop at Roe”

Previously:

Rolla (January 5, 2025)

Rolla

05 Sunday Jan 2025

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“How is this going to work?
Does the sanctuary kick in when they teleport inside the city limits?
Just asking.”

“WTF is going on?”

Missouri Democratic Party Rural Caucus
January 3 at 11:20 PM

There is an issue being discussed by the Rolla City Council that we would like to make you aware of.

Some members of the City Council are interested in declaring Rolla a “Sanctuary City for the Unborn”, and as such, taking away some of the reproductive rights that were supported by the majority of voters at the November 5th election when Amendment 3 was passed.

If this is an issue that is important to you, please consider going to the Monday, January 6th City Council meeting at Rolla City Hall, 901 North Elm Street, Rolla, MO at 6:30 pm. There might be a big crowd, so please come early. Planned Parenthood is requesting that supporters of keeping our reproductive rights wear pink.

Our City Council needs to know that they are not supporting the will of the people by trying to impose an ordinance that could limit the availability of reproductive rights that were just approved by the voters.

If you cannot be present at the meeting, you can watch it online: Rolla MO City Council Meeting January 6 2025 [….]

On social media:

Jess Piper ‪@piperformissouri.bsky.social‬
FFS… some members of the Rolla City Council are wanting to declare that city a “sanctuary city for the unborn.”

Missouri just overturned our abortion ban through a constitutional amendment.
[….]
January 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM

Jessica Piper [2023 file photo].

Some of the responses:

I’m not sure if they’ve worked out the details of how a blastocyst applies for sanctuary…

As long as they can kill some women, that’s all they care about.

Truth

Rolla City wants to declare itself a ‘sanctuary city for the unborn,’ yet Missouri has already overturned the abortion ban with a constitutional amendment. The fight for reproductive rights is far from over

Im sorry..but thats just weird.

And that will end up in court. City ordinances don’t supersede state laws.

Why are they so ignorant to what their citizens want? What a waste of citizens money.

I long for the day when city councils focus on garbage pickup, filling potholes and clean tap water, and state legislatures fund the schools and destitute and Congress brings home the pork.

This is why I refuse to let my engineering major sons spend my tuition money in Rolla.

Same.

When they don’t give two shits for the already born?–seems a little hallow, eh?

Anti-abortion is to saving babies like Agent Orange is to gardening. =TOXIC

So basically… they read A Handmaid’s Tale, and decided it looked like a great policy choice? [….]

“Abort the court”

What, pray tell, will they do with the walking around children? Let them go hungry and cold, no doubt.

Rolla is in the poorest district in the entire state of Missouri

Yep. I grew up in Texas County, next door to Rolla. Geezus people.

Idiots. What a waste of time and money. Another example of the rule of law party not following the law or voice of the people. [….]

OH, “Stupid is as stupid does” immediately comes to mind. There aren’t enough facepalms to facepalm here. Good grief! Missouri has spoken. Leave it alone!

Notice how the voters keep coming together and voting for higher wages, human rights, & healthcare.
But Conservative Christian Republicans in office keep trying to overthrow the will of the people to take away more of our rights.

Fucking Republicans refuse to listen to the voters. It’s sick.

Does this mean that pregnant women can come to the city and be taken care of until the baby is born?

No.

Venn Diagram of Right Wingnut Orthodoxy – not complete

Why don’t they take it step-by-step.

First, be a sanctuary city for those that have been born.
When they find that fulfilling of the needs and caring for all those who have been born is mission accomplished, then they should take their extra resources and be a haven for the unborn.

OMG.

It’s all about control. Judging for someone.

The bible thumpers need to tend to thine one gardens a bit more.

If love to see the passengers on that bus

They lied when they said it was about state rights, they want a national ban.

They lie when they say it’s the will if the people. They keep trying to overturn the will if the people.

It’s about power over women.

Is it a sanctuary city for the women who provide the nutrients for the “unborn”? Free healthcare for pregnant non-citizens and poor people?

Religious zealotry makes people so stupid.

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: even more for choice (October 21, 2024)

Campaign Finance: what she said (October 25, 2024)

Campaign Finance: after that forced birth, you’re on your own (October 25, 2024)

Campaign Finance: everyone knows someone (October 27, 2024)

Campaign Finance: making it their business (October 28, 2024)

Campaign Finance: gird your loins (October 29, 2024)

Campaign Finance: To spend on what?

Fuck You, Fuck You, Very, Very Much (October 30, 2024)

Campaign Finance: the forced birthers spend their money (November 2, 2024)

On the same ballot (November 6, 2024)

And here you thought you were safe (November 8, 2024)

Campaign Finance: missed it by that much (November 9, 2024)

Andrew Bailey’s (r) favorite whine (November 27, 2024)

SB 119: right wingnut lunacy (December 5, 2024)

Amendment 3: a number of Missouri’s TRAP statutes enjoined by the Jackson County Circuit Court (December 20, 2024)

Planned Parenthood remains subject to TRAP restrictions in Missouri (December 21, 2024)

“1968 is calling, don’t answer”