Senate Republicans block rape and incest exceptions for Missouri abortion ban
When Republicans advanced a plan to defund Planned Parenthood, Democrats responded with amendments to loosen Missouri’s near-total abortion ban.
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When Republicans advanced a plan to defund Planned Parenthood, Democrats responded with amendments to loosen Missouri’s near-total abortion ban.
“The only opportunity for passage of that bill, I would imagine, is going to be maybe in the last day of session, but maybe not even then,” said state Sen. Bill Eigel, a Weldon Spring Republican.
Testing could take place at locations like Coldwater Creek in north St. Louis County.
St. Charles County’s Bill Eigel, a state senator since 2017, has helped bring the Senate to a halt. But he says the ‘obstructionist’ label isn’t right.