Missouri House panel guts anti-abortion bill

Matt Franck, the correspondent for this article can't seem to write the words "pro-life" unless it happens to be in a direct quote, so I have taken the liberty of altering the first two paragraphs of his article.

JEFFERSON CITY - A Missouri House committee on Monday gutted a bill cherished by anti-abortion [pro-life] advocates, setting the stage for a rare showdown between Republicans over reproductive issues.

Several anti-abortion [pro-life] lawmakers are vowing to restore parts of the bill, despite directives from Republican leaders to pass more modest abortion legislation this year.

Email Franck at "mfranck@post-dispatch.com" to ask him to use the word "pro-life" rather than incomplete term "anti-abortion".