The Missouri Republican State Committee, on Saturday, February 17, 2024, adopted the following resolution:

Resolution Opposing Pro-Abortion Initiative
Offered by Jim Berberich (SD-22) & Chari Toalson Reisch (SD-19)

Whereas, the Missouri Republican Party is the Party of life; and

Whereas, from the moment of conception, a woman becomes a mother, begins to sacrifice for her child, and needs of love and support throughout her journey to the birth of her child;

Whereas, on March 8, 2023, 11 substantively similar deceptive and life-threatening pro-abortion initiative petitions were submitted; the initiatives are supported by the American Civil Liberties
Union, the League of Women Voters of Missouri, the Fairness Project, and Missouri abortion industry allies to alter the Missouri Constitution; and

Whereas, these initiative petitions seek to explicitly enshrine in our state’s constitution a “right” to taxpayer-funded abortion on demand – up until the moment of birth; and

Whereas, an abortion is the deliberate taking of an innocent human life; and

Whereas, women and girls deserve protection from the risks posed by unrestricted and unregulated abortion; and

Whereas, the people of Missouri have repeatedly chosen, through their duly elected legislative and statewide representatives, to establish state laws that defend innocent life, and protect women’s
health, and preserve parental rights; and

Whereas, the pro-abortion initiative petitions, if enacted, would invalidate all existing legislative pro-life protections, including the recently enacted Missouri Stands for the Unborn Act which is also known as the Heartbeat Bill (HB 126, 2019), the Late-Term Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, and the parental notification and consent requirements for minors undergoing an abortion; and

Whereas, the United States Supreme Court’s historic reversal of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, has returned to Missouri and her sister states the full authority to completely prohibit abortion within their borders; and

Whereas, the pro-abortion initiative petitions, if enacted, would prevent Missouri from joining Texas and nearly a dozen other states in becoming abortion free in the post-Roe v. Wade era; Therefore, now, be it

RESOLVED that the Missouri Republican State Committee, recommends that the Pregnancy Resource Center Tax Credit be expanded to care for mothers and children;

FURTHER RESOLVED that the Missouri Republican State Committee strongly opposes the abortion industry’s extreme proposals to change the Missouri Constitution via the pro-abortion initiative petitions; and

FURTHER RESOLVED that the Missouri Republican State Committee strongly urges all Missourians to DECLINE TO SIGN the petition(s) that seek to place this radical amendment on the 2024 Election ballot.