{"id":1568976,"date":"2022-07-24T23:06:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T03:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1568976"},"modified":"2022-07-24T23:06:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T03:06:47","slug":"missouri-attorney-general-sues-st-louis-to-stop-abortions-using-taxpayer-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouri-attorney-general-sues-st-louis-to-stop-abortions-using-taxpayer-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Attorney General Sues St. Louis To Stop Abortions Using Taxpayer Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmissouri-attorney-general-sues-st-louis-to-stop-abortions-using-taxpayer-funds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1568976&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit against the City of St. Louis on Thursday that would stop city officials from using taxpayer-funded resources \u2014 like the American Rescue Plan Act \u2014 to pay for abortions, including travel expenses and other costs to terminate pregnancies in other states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Office today filed suit to put a stop to Mayor Jones and the City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen\u2019s blatantly illegal move to spend Missourians\u2019 hard-earned tax dollars on out-of-state abortions,\u201d Schmitt said in a\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/ago.mo.gov\/home\/news\/2022\/07\/21\/missouri-attorney-general-eric-schmitt-files-suit-against-the-city-of-st.-louis-to-halt-taxpayer-funded-abortions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Schmitt\u2019s attempt to sue St. Louis comes off the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s historic overturning of Roe v. Wade last month, which fundamentally changed the abortion landscape across the nation. Since then, at least eight states have outlawed abortions with little to no exceptions \u2014 including Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>The decision has left women who choose to end their child\u2019s life in such states forced to have the operation done elsewhere. However, Missouri\u2019s AG has vowed to ensure Missouri taxpayers wouldn\u2019t spend a dime on the terminations.<\/p>\n<p>Schmitt, who unapologetically fights to uphold the sanctity of life, filed the lawsuit after St. Louis city officials passed the \u201c<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stlouis-mo.gov\/government\/city-laws\/board-bills\/boardbill.cfm?bbDetail=true&#038;BBId=14073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reproductive Equity Fund<\/a>\u201d bill, which authorizes $1.5 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars to fund \u201clogistical support\u201d for abortion.<\/p>\n<p>While signing the bill, CNN\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/22\/us\/missouri-ag-sues-st-louis-abortion-travel-funds\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a>\u00a0St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones said, \u201cabortion bans hurt the working people who can\u2019t afford child care, a hotel or time off from work because they need access to abortion care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Schmitt said the bill \u201cclearly\u201d violates Missouri law.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/ago.mo.gov\/docs\/default-source\/press-releases\/2022-07-21---petition---final.pdf?sfvrsn=ec0f20cb_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit<\/a>, $1 million from the so-called equity fund would cover the costs of childcare, transportation, and other needs for women who seek an abortion. At the same time, Schmitt added that the remaining $500,000 would aid \u201creproductive healthcare access,\u201d which also evidently includes abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Schmitt argues the bill violates state law which reads, \u201cit shall be unlawful for any public funds to be expended for the purpose of performing or assisting an abortion, not necessary to save the life of the mother, or for the purpose of encouraging or counseling a woman to have an abortion not necessary to save her life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit argues that state law prohibited public employees such as doctors, nurses, or other health care personnel like social workers or counselors from encouraging or counseling women to abort their unborn child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Missouri General Assembly\u2019s determination \u2018that the state and all of its political subdivisions are a \u2018sanctuary of life\u2019 that protects pregnant women and their unborn children,&#8217;\u201d Schmitt said.<\/p>\n<p>Schmitt warned city officials before signing the bill he would file a lawsuit against the move, but the city\u2019s mayor has stood her ground in using taxpayer money for elective abortions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not back down when our opponents threaten, bully or demean our city,\u201d the mayor said, according to CNN. \u201cEspecially the attorney general, who is more concerned about chasing clout than care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just the News\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/nation\/states\/center-square\/missouri-ag-threatens-sue-cities-pledging-2-million-covid-funds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a>, Mayor Jones, said 70 percent of Missourians oppose political interference in abortion access, and legal threats would not stop their fight to protect reproductive health care rights for St. Louis families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit against the City of St. Louis on Thursday that would stop city officials from using taxpayer-funded resources \u2014 like the American Rescue Plan Act \u2014 to pay for abortions, including travel expenses and other costs to terminate pregnancies in other states. \u201cMy Office today filed suit to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1575365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1568976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1568976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1575365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1568976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1568976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1568976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}