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Missouri Right to Life: Prayers, Presence, Provision

2020 has indeed been an interesting year. Yet in spite of our new “normal,” our overarching aim at Missouri Right to Life has remained the same: To turn hearts and minds toward ...

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Missouri helps lead the way as U.S. abortion rate declines

Missouri had the second-lowest abortion rate in the nation in 2018, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The state’s abortion rate dropped by 35 percent between ...

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Kansans for Life questions Standridge appointment to state Supreme Court 

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Kansans for Life is disappointed in Gov. Laura Kelly’s appointment of pro-abortion judge Melissa Standridge to the state Supreme Court on Monday. As a Court of Appeals judge, Standridge upheld the district ...

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Planned Parenthood loses funding after federal court ruling

Planned Parenthood was given a major setback this week when a federal appeals court ruled Texas and Louisiana may withhold federal funding to clinics performing abortions. It reversed an earlier appellate ruling ...

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Birthright volunteer finds heros in those she serves

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When I start my shift at Birthright, I never know who I will talk to.  It’s an unknown in a lot of ways.  Will I be talking with a mother looking for ...

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Elderly woman chooses suicide rather than lockdown

A Canadian news service is reporting that a 90-year-old woman chose assisted suicide rather than living through another lockdown at her nursing home. The disturbing development, reported by CTV News Medical Correspondent, ...

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Fifteen additional pro-life women elected to House of Representatives

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One underreported story from Election Day is that at least 15 new pro-life women will join the House of Representatives in January. “We attribute their success to the fact that life is ...

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Biden, Harris announce they’ll reverse pro-life executive orders

The fears of pro-life voters are being realized as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris prepare to reverse policies that have saved countless babies from abortion. Should they officially be declared the winners ...

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Kanye West and the end of Abortion

Kanye West’s recent tearful call for the Black community to reject abortion as child-killing gives us hope that a wave of Black Americans will flood into the prolife movement in the coming days. ...

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Hear the success stories of Missouri Right to Life-Western Region

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I think everyone loves a good success story. They motivate and move us; impress and inspire us. Whenever I attend a pro-life event, whether it’s for Advice and Aid, 40 Days for ...

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Advice & Aid: Helping moms create order where chaos exists

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I began working at Advice & Aid a little over a year ago. After retiring from teaching, I was looking for a part-time job that provided a sense of purpose. Because of ...

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Satanic Temple asks Supreme Court to disqualify Amy Coney Barret in case

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The Satanic Temple has filed a motion asking the Supreme Court to disqualify Justice Amy Coney Barrett from ruling on its lawsuit challenging Missouri’s abortion laws. The satanists claim the state discriminates ...

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Democrats to boycott today’s vote on Amy Coney Barrett

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Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have announced they will boycott Thursday’s committee vote on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. In an attempt to block the process, Democrat Senators will instead ...

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Roe not a ‘super precedent’ that can’t be overturned, Coney Barrett says

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The Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion is not a “super precedent” that’ can’t be overturned, Amy Coney Barrett said during Senate confirmation hearings. Barrett made the comments to Democrat Sen. Amy ...

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Supreme Court nominee Barrett returns to hearing for day 3

Amy Coney Barrett returns to the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday for the third day of the confirmation hearing. The hearings begin at 8 a.m. Central, 9 Eastern. During almost 11 hours of ...

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Back to the Birthright Mission

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At my first training session a speaker called our Birthright House “holy ground.” Spiritually that describes the feelings I have about the Birthright mission. When we listen—just listen—to a person who is ...

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Former NFL star Benjamin Watson calls for Roe v. Wade to be overturned

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Benjamin Watson, a recently retired NFL player, criticized Joe Biden for saying that Roe v. Wade “must remain the law of the land.” Biden made the comment during a town hall event ...

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Local Catholic bishop criticized for letter encouraging pro-life voting

Bishop James V. Johnston Jr. of the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese is under fire for a letter he wrote encouraging Catholics to vote for pro-life candidates. The letter does not explicitly tell ...

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Planned Parenthood deceives supporters with election info

Planned Parenthood has made its 2020 election guide all about abortion. The voter info pushes a pro-abortion agenda and appears to actively try and deceive its supporters and the general public looking ...

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Alliance for Life Missouri is ‘Family Strong’

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Family Strong is a support campaign hosted by Alliance for Life Missouri that directly benefits our affiliate Pregnancy Help Organizations across the state. Pregnancy Help Organizations include pregnancy centers, maternity homes and ...

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Missouri Right to Life – Western Region sharing a message of life

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Missouri Right to Life, founded in 1974 as a response to the outcry over the legalization of abortion, is a National Right to Life affiliate and our state’s oldest and largest grass-roots ...

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Advice and Aid: Sharing hope, life and forgiveness

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The Spring of 2020 forced “the normal” for all of us to change drastically through the impact of COVID-19. For us at Advice and Aid, concern for both our loved ones and ...

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Christian Family Services: Continuing to Serve in 2020

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2020 has brought many changes to all of our lives, but one thing remains the same. Christian Family Services (CFS) exists to be the hands and feet of Jesus in service to ...

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$100 million anti-trafficking effort announced by Ivanka Trump, AG Barr

The Trump White house is continuing its aggressive take-down of human trafficking rings across the nation. Now, Ivanka Trump and Attorney General William Barr have announced $100 million to combat human trafficking ...

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Religious freedom under attack, Attorney General William Barr says

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The connection between freedom and religion is under assault, U.S. Attorney General William Barr said this week. “That crucial link between religion and liberty, so well understood at the founding, is all ...

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