JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House voted Wednesday to ban state funding of contraceptives for low-income women and to prohibit state-funded programs from referring those women to other programs.
Critics jumped on the proposal, saying it would lead to more abortions and more unwanted children on welfare.
But the proposal’s sponsor, Republican Rep. Susan Phillips of Kansas City, said contraceptive services were an inappropriate use of tax dollars. “If doctors want to give contraception privately or personally, they can,” Phillips said. “But we don’t need to pay for contraception with taxpayer funds.”
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Phillips’ amendment eliminated infertility treatments and contraception, and substituted alternatives to abortion and prenatal care for the purpose of giving birth. It also prohibited spending on any treatment and referrals for any treatment not spelled out in the budget.
The group, Missouri Right to Life and the Missouri Catholic Conference are said to have supported the amendment. Now if more people, including professed Catholics, and those priests who fail to support the irreversible teaching on the intrinsic evil of artificial contraception, would support the elimination of this evil from our midst, we might start making some progress in promoting authentic and true love and furthering the Culture of Life...
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