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Encouragement from Your Missouri Right to Life Family
As we face these challenging times together, we must continue to work for the future that will come after this crisis passes as well as work through each day's current challenges.

The abortion industry is intent on taking advantage of what they believe to be our weak moments in this crisis, but they will not find us weak or unprepared.

On the federal level we’ve been working with National Right to Life and with our conservative leaders in Congress to ensure anti-life provisions are not slipped into the emergency funding bills or other measures that Congress is working to pass during this crisis. 

On the state level we have been working with our House and Senate members on ensuring pro-life language is included in the state budget bills to keep our tax dollars going to life-saving efforts and not expended to the abortion industry.

Please continue to pray for President Trump, Governor Parson and all our leaders as they work through this crisis that none of us expected to see in our lifetime.

Remember, now is the time when our light in the darkness can shine. Let’s be sure to look around us for people who appear to have no hope because that is sometimes when decisions, like abortion, are made. Be safe, follow the direction of our leaders, be calm and be a good neighbor..... 

We are here, being your voice and working for the protection of innocent little lives in the midst of this crisis.

Click here to read a message from our President, Vice-President and Christians Leaders.

A scripture of encouragement:

14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:14-16, NIV)
Life Links
Libs Fight to Shelter Abortion in Places

Link - In Ohio, two Planned Parenthood clinics -- one in Cincinnati and another in Dayton -- have outright defied the state's order to put elective abortions on hold. 
Pro-Life Groups Ask HHS to Stop Abortion Providers from Exploiting the Coronavirus Crisis

Link - More than 50 leaders of national and local pro-life groups in the U.S. have written a letter to Alex Azar, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, asking him to prevent the abortion industry from “compounding one crisis with another.”
30,000 Physicians Respond to ACOG on COVID19

Link - Representatives of over 30,000 physicians who practice according to the Hippocratic Oath decry the call to continue elective abortion during the COVID-19 pandemic made by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and others which falsely characterize elective abortion as essential healthcare.
Exploiting a Crisis: Unethical Experiments Undermine Real Help for Coronavirus Patients

Link - A recent Washington Post article claims possible treatments for coronavirus will not be discovered without using body parts harvested from abortions.
Senate Passes Coronavirus Stimulus Bill That Stops Chuck Schumer’s Attempt to Fund Planned Parenthood

Link - For pro-life Americans, the good news is that the legislation will not force Americans to fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business, which kills over 330,000 babies in abortions every single year.
Assisted suicide for mental illness: Why safeguards won’t work.

Link - there are limits to individual autonomy and for good reason.
Pro-Life Around the State
St. Louis - News from Defenders of the Unborn: All prayer vigils at Planned Parenthood mill and away from the abortion mill have been cancelled until further notice. Our next event was scheduled for April 18th our annual banquet. It has also been cancelled. We will review the status again on May 30, 2020, to see if we will be having our Jericho walk.
April 3 - St. Louis - the Respect Life Apostolate and Archdiocese of St. Louis will be participating in National Pro-Life T-Shirt day. Show your support for unborn babies & their families by wearing a pro-life t-shirt. Then tag your family, parish or school photos on social media with #ProLifeSTLTShirtDay.

May 30 - Jefferson City - Pregnancy Help Center 5K Walk/Run, 8:30 am in Memorial Park.

June 26-27 - Virginia - Join us in Herndon, VA for the 50th annual National Right to Life Convention. Register today at nrlconvention.com

MRL Eastern Region has copies of Abby Johnson’s presentation at the 43rd Annual Respect Life Convention, October 13, in St. Louis. They also have copies of the movies Gosnell and Unplanned. If anyone would like to arrange a showing in their chapter or church group, please contact [email protected].