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Loudon pushes ahead on SOS Ballot Effort
Former state Sen. John Loudon, chairman of Save Our Secret Ballot (SOS), says he's raised more than $300,000 and collected more than 60,000 signatures so far for the group's 2010 ballot campaign.
Planned Parenthood sues over abortion, stem cell petitions
Planned Parenthood sued the state Wednesday to object to the language in two proposed anti-abortion, anti-stem-cell funding ballot initiatives.
Anti-Choice Amendment Moves On
If an anti-choice group has its way, Missourians will have the chance to cast their votes on an amendment to the Missouri Constitution in November 2010. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan's office gave the green light to Personhood Missouri to begin collecting the 147,000 signatures it will need to put their anti-abortion amendment on the ballot.
Two Missouri ballot initiatives on anti-choice-related issues OK’d
Two ballot initiatives concerning abortion were approved for circulation this week by the Missouri secretary of state.
Group now seeks direct election of judges
ShowMe Better Courts, run by James Harris, a former aide to ex-Gov. Matt Blunt, filed a ballot initiative today that would change Missouri’s constitution so that judges are elected directly by voters.
SD measure would ease stem cell research limits
A proposed ballot issue to ease restrictions on stem cell research will strike a chord with South Dakotans because nearly everyone has had a serious disease or knows someone who has, according to former state Treasurer David Volk, himself a cancer survivor.
“Personhood”: Banning Abortion, Contraception…And More?
For those of us who hoped that the attempts to pass “personhood amendments” would disappear after the first attempt at passing such a law on a ballot initiative was thoroughly trumped at the polls in Colorado, well, I hate to tell you, but the anti-choice extremists aren’t going away.
“Personhood” Legislation Chips Away at Women’s Rights
Opponents of abortion are backing legislation across the country that would give legal rights to embryos from the instant of conception.
2 lawsuits challenge proposed Mo. ballot measure on judicial selection
Three former state lawmakers are challenging a proposed ballot initiative that would ask voters to change how some Missouri judges are selected.
Roundtable for Life continues stem-cell ballot push
The Missouri Roundtable for Life, an anti-abortion group, has filed another ballot proposal in an attempt to block public funding for a type of stem-cell research it considers cloning.
