Abolish Abortion Missouri

We're joined by Adam "Ray Ray" Cochrun from the "TAG You're It!" Podcast, who is also a member of the AAMO executive board, to discuss the other bills regarding abortion in the Missouri House and Senate.Adam has done the time-consumptive work of going through the various bills in our congress and boiling their main problems down for us.This will be exceptionally helpful for the work of abolition as we need to always know what those who oppose abolition are working toward.

   We're joined by Joshua Jenkins, Kevan Myers, and Stephan Albin to discuss what it looks like to lead local churches in the fight for abolition.Our Website:https://abolishabortionmo.org/

We're joined by Wes Scroggins and Representative Bob Titus to discuss the good news regarding the abolitionists efforts in Missouri. For the first time in any State, we have bills for abolition in both the House and Senate!Our Website - where you can subscribe to our newsletter, and donate to the cause:https://abolishabortionmo.org/Actionable Items for our listeners:1. Continue to call Senator Rowden and ask him to assign SB356 to the "Health and Welfare Committee"- 573-751-39312. Call Speaker of the House Dean Plocker and ask him to assign HB818 to the "Children and Families Committee"- 573-751-15443. Contact Representative Titus and encourage him or ask him any questions you have about how to further get involved- 573-751-3833- Bob.Titus@house.mo.gov4. Please make plans to join us at the Capitol in Jefferson City on Wednesday, February 15th at 1PM for our annual abolitionist rally. Rusty Thomas will be our main speaker.Show Notes:1:35 - Introduction to Representative Titus4:20 - The good news regarding abolition in our State Legislature7:00 - Challenges to getting HB818 passed12:00 - What can others do to help pass both of these bills?16:20 - The current attitude in our Capitol regarding abolition22:00 - How to contact Representative Titus23:28 - How to pray for Representative Titus25:35 - Current actionable items for our fellow abolitionists29:10 - Closing thoughts

We're joined by Joshua Jenkins and Kevan Myers to discuss the common refrain that we can't legislate morality. Is it true that our beliefs should have no place in the public square or policy? We say with Paul, God forbid!Our Website:https://abolishabortionmo.org/Please continue to like, subscribe, but most importantly - share this podcast so that we can reach more people with the important message of abolition.

We're joined by Wes Scroggins and State Senator Mike Moon to discuss SB356 and how you can help us fight to see abortion abolished.Our Website - https://abolishabortionmo.org/The process for the Bill to pass into law:1. It must be referred to committee2. The chairman of the committee must "hear it"3. It must then be voted "out" of committee4. It must go to the senate floor for discussion and debateWe need help at each stage - to start, contact Senator Caleb Rowden and ask him to assign the bill to committeeCaleb Rowden's phone # - 573-751-3931Also, to encourage Senator Moon, you can call you email him @ the following:Phone - 573-751-1480Email - mike.moon@senate.mo.govMake it your New Year's Resolution to be more involved in the fight against abortion, and especially to pray for Senator Moon and his supporters, and for SB356 to pass!

We're joined by Adam Cochrun and David Van Bebber from the "TAG: You're It" podcast to talk about their involvement in the fight against abortion in the SBC and MBC.Our website: https://abolishabortionmo.org/TAG You're It website: https://tagyoureitministries.org/Episode Guide:6:00 Adam's involvement in the SBC and MBC9:25 - Explanation of how resolutions in the MBC work and some positive shifts in the SBC20:50 - How language impacts abolitionism23:30 - Should we feel positive about these shifts in SBC and MBC35:00 - What needs to happen within the Kansas-Nebraska and Missouri Baptist conventions to further abolition40:00 - Strategy to use NAMB funds for abolitionist ministry41:50 - Strategy to use print media in Missouri for abolitionist causes

We're joined by Wes Scroggins and Violet Stephens - Violet helps to educate us on a recent story about a hospital in Missouri that supposedly refused needed medical care (during an emergency) to a pregnant woman. Specifically, the hospital is being investigated because they refused to abort the baby.Our Website: https://abolishabortionmo.org/Show Notes:An Article on Expectant Managementhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15254557/Article on "Neonatal survival after prolonged preterm premature rupture of membranes before 24 weeks"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25437729/A Very Biased Article on "Maternal morbidity after preterm premature rupture of membranes at

We're joined by Wes Scroggins to review the November 8th Election and to ask "what does this mean for Abolition's prospects this legislative session?"AAMO Website: https://abolishabortionmo.org/Show Notes:5:50 - Current Leadership in the House and Senate and their role in passing a bill of abolition11:30 - Some "next steps" regarding how you can take action to help reach out to our law-makers14:50 - Current progress in getting an abolition bill introduced in the House16:55 - Names of those you can begin calling and asking them to support a bill of abolition when it shows up32:40 - Why we're hopeful that this could be a great moment for Abolition in Missouri36:30 - What're the stakes in this session?37:50 - A specific way you can support AAMO - donateCurrent Senate and House Leadership:In the House 163 seats - Republicans have 111 (68% majority)In the Senate 34 seats - Republicans have 24 (70% majority)House Speaker - Dean Plocher (district 89 - St Louis area)- 573-751-1544- Dean.Plocher@house.mo.gov House Majority Floor Leader - John Patterson (district 30 - Lee's Summit area)- 573-751-0907- Jonathan.Patterson@house.mo.gov Senate Pro Tem - Caleb Rowden (district 19 - Columbia area)- (573) 751-3931Senate Majority Leader - Cindy O'Laughlin (district 18 - Northeast MO)- (573) 751-7985House Reps to call and encourage/ask to support AbolitionBrad Hudson (district 138) - 573-751-3851 - Brad.Hudson@house.mo.gov Mitch Boggs (district 157) - 573-751-4077- Mitch.Boggs@house.mo.gov  Jeff Farnan (district 1)- 38469 340TH ST STANBERRY MO 64489- forwardwithfarnan@gmail.comMichael Davis (district 56)- 573-751-2175- Michael.Davis@house.mo.gov Brad Pollitt (district 52)- 573-751-9774 - Bradley.Pollitt@house.mo.gov Bob Titus (district 139)- titusformissouri@gmail.comAnn Kelley (district 127)- 573-751-2165- Ann.Kelley@house.mo.gov Senate Reps to call and encourage/ask to support Abolition:Mike Moon (district 29)- (573) 751-1480- Mike.Moon@senate.mo.govCurtis Trent (district 20) - 417-683-8587- ctrent1@gmail.comJill Carter (district 32) - 417.850.0222- hello@jillforsenate.comMary Elizabeth Coleman (district 22) - 314.375.6715- MEC@MaryElizabethColeman.comDistrict Map for House:https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections//Maps//StatewideHouseMap(FilingOnly).pdfDistrict Map for Senate:https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections//Maps//2022JRCStatewideSenateDistrictMap.pdf

Although not covering every candidate in the running in Missouri, Brandon and Wes walk through some candidates that AAMO encourages our listeners to support and vote for.Episode Guide:AAMO's Guide to Candidates who support abolition in the House:Brian Seitz - District 156 Michael Davis - District 56Kirk Hilzinger - District 80Jeff Farnan - District 1David Martin - District 29Brad Pollitt - District 52Kevin Craig - District 7AAMO's Guide to Candidates who support abolition in the Senate:Mike Moon - District 29Mary Elizabeth Coleman - District 22 District Map for House:https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections//Maps//StatewideHouseMap(FilingOnly).pdfDistrict Map for Senate:https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections//Maps//2022JRCStatewideSenateDistrictMap.pdf

We're joined by Joshua Jenkins and Kevan Myers to discuss the subject of "single-issue voting" and why it's a must for abolitionists. Though we have some important clarifications to make along the way as well.Most importantly, we see to answer questions regarding how saying this affects liberty of conscience, weighing the pros and cons of candidates, and political offices that don't have much to do with the issue of abortion.Joshua and Kevan hit this one out of the park with their wisdom and nuance, while still presenting the truth in clear ways.Our Website:abolishabortionmo.org

We're back after a month long break, and joined by Wes to discuss the needs we have as we head into the election and prepare for the next session.We'll have the voter guide that we speak of up and available on our website very soon!Our Website - www.abolishabortionmo.orgWays to Contact Us- www.abolishabortionmo.org/contact-us- email us at admin@abolishabortionmo.com

Violet Stephens joins us to help us unravel all the fuzzy information about the Pill, and all those associated with it.Link to our website:https://abolishabortionmo.org/Links to learn more about various types of pills that are contraceptive or abortifacient:https://www.guttmacher.org/gpr/2005/05/implications-defining-when-woman-pregnanthttps://www.hli.org/resources/abortifacient-brief-birth-control-pill/https://modernfertility.com/blog/birth-control-ovulate/

We're joined again by Kevan Myers to answer the question "why do we go to planned parenthood and plead for baby's lives?" In addition to answering that, Kevan lays out some amazingly helpful advice and strategies for "how" to go as well.This is a powerful episode - Kevan highlights the great need, and great opportunity, held out for those who will go and stand outside the gates of death.One particularly poignant point is that Christians greatly help the witness of Christ's Church when we go, because it shows that we are concerned. Kevan's point at 23:40 about abortion not being a big issue for Christians because we don't stand outside abortion mills is such an important one.Link to our website:https://abolishabortionmo.org/Episode Guide:1:50 - What does it look like to go to Planned Parenthood?3:45 - Does it make a difference to go?5:00 - Why should we go?13:25 - How do you start?18:45 - What should you take?22:15 - What should you do there? (Be present, preach, plead, pray, provide, provoke, praise) 30:15 - Christians understand how to be both sorrowful and joyful in this task, and are uniquely suited for it32:03 - What if there's no abortion mill near you, or else not one that's performing abortion?35:23 - What specifically do we say when we go? Both to those who work at murder mills, and those going into them?44:40 - What if Christians supported abolition as much as they did Chik-Fil-A?45:45 Christian, in This Bloody DayChristian, In This Bloody Day"We live in a day of slaughter,When folks do slay both son and daughter.When parents want to give "no room",And target those inside the womb.Christian, in this bloody day,Will you now your Lord obey?Who will go to stand for Christ?To the gates of child sacrifice?Will you go the Truth to speak?Seek to stand up for the weak?Bring the Gospel, the lost to reach?Take your stand inside the breach?Will cold weather make you balk?Or a ways you have to walk?No matter what they say in town?Even if folks at church do frown?Will you go if others don't?Whether sinners give heed--or if they won't?Will you love in word AND deedOpen mouth, for the poor to plead?So love mercy, do what is just;Now walk humbly, in God trust.As for fruit, remember what is:Duty is ours. Results are HIS."

We're joined again by Violet Stephens as we examine a Vice article about a 17 year old who attempted to murder her 28 week old baby, and then burn the evidence.The story is grotesque, but it highlights what happens when we pursue incremental legislation.Vice has a very different take than AAMO, but that's all the more reason why this article needs a response.Link to the Vice Article:https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zevd/this-is-the-data-facebook-gave-police-to-prosecute-a-teenager-for-abortion?utm_source=motherboard_twitterAAMO Website:https://abolishabortionmo.org/

Brandon takes this episode to consider how the gospel relates to those who've been involved in abortion.

We're back again with Joshua Jenkins and Kevan Myers finishing out our two-part series on objections to an abolitionist approach to ending abortion. Episode Guide:5:01 - Why do we believe women (and all those involved in abortion) should be prosecuted? Aren't women victims?8:32 - Abolition is loving to all people16:00 - Would an abolition bill punish people who'd be involved in abortion prior to the law's implementation? Also - how would prosecuting these crimes work?24:35 - If we passed an abolition law, it'd just get held up in court, so why should we still work to pass a law like that?29:35 - What should a state do if that happens? What is the doctrine of lesser magistrates and interposition?37:19 - Why are incremental laws wrong, and also, why don't they work?45:30 - Note about the New York Times interviewing someone who performed a home abortion.46:25 - What would a successful abolition law's implementation look like?Links:Our Website, where you can sign up for our newsletter - https://abolishabortionmo.org/Video of the New York Time's expose` of a woman who performed a home abortion on herself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjIgYs81mB8Free the States - https://freethestates.org/Rescue Those - https://www.rescuethose.com/

We sit down with Wes Scroggins again just to do a "one month debrief" regarding the state of abortion in the State of Missouri. We face threats to abolishing abortion both at the state and federal levels.Links to the Federal Bills seeking to codify abortion into law in some form:HR 8296, preventing state governments ability to outlaw abortion - https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8296HR 8297, preventing state governments from "interfering with a person's ability to access out-of-state abortion services" - https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8297HR 8424, providing increased funding for "family planning services" (including access to abortion) - https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8424/text?r=5&s=1HR8428, ensuring greater access to various contraceptive drugs (including abortifacient ones) for women - https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8428/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22hinson%22%2C%22hinson%22%5D%7D&r=1&s=2

We're joined by Joshua Jenkins and Kevan Myers to begin walking through the most common objections to abolition.Subscribe to Our Newsletter!https://abolishabortionmo.org/Episode Guide:8:02 - "What about bodily autonomy? Why do are we concerned with making laws that tell a woman what she can or can't do with her body?"18:30 - "What about abortion in cases where the mother has been harmed or hurt or raped? Isn't it uncaring toward women to 'force' them to have a baby in a tragic situation like this?"30:30 - "What about abortions for instances where the life of the mother is in danger?"44:45 - "The Gospel and Abortion"More answers to common questionsRescue Those - https://www.rescuethose.com/frequently-asked-questions/Free The States - https://freethestates.org/abortion-bill-faq/Subscribe to Our Newsletter!

We're joined by Kevan Myers to "go back to the foundation" and consider what it means to hold to an abolitionist position on abortion. What is abolitionism?Specifically we're talking about the difference between the approach that the pro-life movement takes to ending abortion, and the approach that abolitionists take. Episode Guide:7:40 - What are the "broad brush" differences between the pro-life movement and the abolition movement?14:30 - "The Five Tenets of Abolitionism"17:15 - "Tenet 1 - Abolition is Biblical"18:42 - "Tenet 2 - Abolition is Gospel-Centered"24:41 - "Tenet 3 - Abolition is 'Body-Driven'"28:10 - "Tenet 5 - Abolition is Providential"30:41 - "Tenet 4 - Abolition is Immediate and Uncompromising"41:02 - "Some Ways to Get Involved"Links:Our Website, where you can sign up for our newsletter - https://abolishabortionmo.org/Free the States - https://freethestates.org/Rescue Those - https://www.rescuethose.com/

We invite Violet Stephens onto the show in order to discuss whether or not it really is true that abortion is healthcare - we discuss ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages, the stagnation of medical science in this area, and also consider the trigger law again.Episode Guide:2:05 - "is abortion healthcare?"8:20 - "what about ectopic pregnancies?"19:35 - "what about miscarriages?"24:30 - "digging deeper into the trigger law, medical emergencies, and abortifacients"Links:Our website, where you can subscribe to our newsletter and stay up-to-date - https://abolishabortionmo.org/The trigger law - https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=188.017The definitions used for the trigger law - https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=188.015&bid=47547&hl=A Case of Transplanting an Ectopic Pregnancy from 1917 - https://epublications.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2010&context=lnqA Letter to the Editor of the "Oxford Journal" considering a case of relocation of an ectopic pregnancy from 1990: https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article-abstract/9/8/1584/760986?redirectedFrom=PDF#no-access-messageAn article on an abdominal pregnancy that resulted in a live birth at 36 weeks (along with 4 other cases) - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28347153/

Our website, where you can subscribe to our newsletter and stay up-to-date - https://abolishabortionmo.org/Where the Trigger Law can be found:https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=188.017 - this is from the website "Revised Statutes of Missouri" - found in chapter 188 and section 17Some other news mentioned:The law has no effect on abortifacient drugs:https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/health-care/article262984153.htmlMunicipalities like KC and St Louis funding out-of-state travel to get "abortions as healthcare."https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-06-30/kansas-city-council-approves-financial-help-for-city-employees-seeking-out-of-state-abortions