JEFFERSON CITY — An abortion rights group filed a federal suit Monday seeking to halt a new Missouri law, saying it creates unnecessary regulations designed solely to discourage a legal medical procedure.
The legislation, passed earlier this year and signed into law by Gov. Matt Blunt, requires all clinics providing abortions to be registered as "ambulatory surgery centers." Critics say that classification is unnecessary, particularly for those centers that perform few surgical abortions or only administer abortions through medication.
"This law provides no change or improvement in women's health," said Michelle Trupiano, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri.
This group of murderers of the unborn want to perform medical operations without any sort of medical or govermental oversight. When in engaged in evil, many choose to keep that evil hidden.
The brief, filed by Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, asks the U.S. District Court Missouri Western District to prevent the law from taking effect Aug. 28 until it can be reviewed by the courts.
Some are rightly concerned whether the law will be vigorously defended by Missouri's Attorney General, Jay Nixon:
Supporters of the law vow to defend it in court as a sensible safety measure. And in a political twist, some in [Gov.] Blunt's administration and Republicans say they would like someone other than Democrat Attorney General Jay Nixon to defend the legislation, given that Nixon supports abortion rights.
In this case, the only parties who could be satisfied with Nixon's handling of the case would be Planned Parenthood and other peddlers of death. Missouri will be well served only if the defense can be given to a special counsel who understands what is at stake and is willing to defend the State's right to regulate those whose business is the killing of unborn babies.
The state's legal defense of the legislation falls to the attorney general's office. But the Missouri Republican Party has contended since last week that Nixon needed to step aside and assign the job to a special counsel.
State GOP spokesman Paul Sloca asserted, "Jay Nixon has proven time and time again that he is pro-abortion and willing to bow to the whims of abortion providers like Planned Parenthood."
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