{"id":966,"date":"2025-02-05T19:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T19:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progressmo.com\/?p=966"},"modified":"2025-02-05T19:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T19:17:07","slug":"burlison-introduces-national-abortion-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/burlison-introduces-national-abortion-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"RELEASE: Congressman Eric Burlison introduces federal abortion ban months after MO votes to end statewide ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong>
February 5, 2025
Contact: Claire Cook-Callen, claire@progressmo.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congressman Eric Burlison introduces federal abortion ban months after MO votes to end statewide ban<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. \u2013 Rep. Eric Burlison of Southwest Missouri is turning his back on Missourians in filing H.R. 722<\/a>, which will effectively institute a federal abortion ban across the United States. This bill comes less than three months after 1.5 million Missouri voters approved Amendment 3 to end the state\u2019s total abortion ban. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents of Burlison\u2019s district, Congressional District 7, are outraged that their Congressman would ignore the will of Missourians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This bill is dangerous and life-threatening to women and those who reproduce,\u201d said Libby Becker, a resident of Springfield<\/strong>. \u201cBanning abortion will not stop abortions. It will only stop safe abortions. I am a queer woman that does not ever want a child and if I were to become pregnant through rape, I would do everything in my power to not go through with that pregnancy. This bill does not protect women.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Missourians submitted more than 45,000 signatures<\/a> from CD7 to place Amendment 3 on the ballot, 150% of the required 30,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs part of the strategy team for Abortion Action Missouri, I knocked over 100 doors in Springfield for Amendment 3.\u201d Becker said. \u201cI spoke to constituents who opposed the abortion ban in Missouri. The people have spoken and we want the government out of our doctors offices.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Informally titled the Life at Conception Act, H.R. 722 attempts to radically redefine personhood to the moment of conception, extending constitutional rights to fetuses and embryos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to ignoring the majority of Missourians, the bill also flies in the face of President Donald Trump\u2019s previously stated stance<\/a> of leaving abortion to the states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This bill is just the latest example of Burlison\u2019s ongoing crusade against abortion and reproductive rights. As a State Senator in 2019, he voted for HB 126<\/a>,which banned all abortions in Missouri with no exemptions for rape or incest. In 2022 he launched an attack<\/a> on abortion and reproductive service providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 5, 2025Contact: Claire Cook-Callen, claire@progressmo.org Congressman Eric Burlison introduces federal abortion ban months after MO votes to end statewide ban JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. \u2013 Rep. Eric Burlison of Southwest Missouri is turning his back on Missourians in filing H.R. 722, which will effectively institute a federal abortion ban across the United States. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}