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December 17, 2009 Volume 5, Number 49 | ||
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In This
Issue ·
Life
Matters ·
A Little Bit
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cynthia.davis@house.mo.gov Find me
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Life
Matters During
economically depressed times, it is
more important than ever to protect the taxpayers. Last week our
caucus met in I am
proposing a House Joint Resolution so that the voters of Shall
it be unlawful to expend, pay, or grant any public funds for abortion not
medically necessary to save the life of the mother, for abortion services,
for human cloning, or for prohibited human
research? We
should all want an honest debate. This resolution allows the voters
to decide if they want their public tax dollars funding abortion, cloning
and human experimentation with living embryos that have been relinquished
by their parents. The
amendment does not stop controversial research. It only restricts
who pays for the kind of
research that violates the consciences of those who believe in the dignity
of human life. Who should decide how tax dollars are spent?
The bureaucrats who stand to get a windfall or the taxpayers to whom this
government belongs? This proposal will not affect those who want to
perform abortions, human cloning and experimentation on frozen human
beings whose parents have signed them away. It merely requires
questionable research to be funded with private
money. During
an economic downturn, it is especially important to protect the taxpayers
from having their hard earned money wasted. The proposed
constitutional amendment has the potential of saving the state from
squandering millions of taxpayer dollars on projects that may lead to a
dead end. If this research is viable and based upon promising
results, it is capable of developing through business capital and
entrepreneurship without consuming
public money. The laboratories studying cures through
adult stem cell research
are already finding success. Why not work on projects that are
humane, wholesome and do not harm the consciences of scientists or
taxpayers? Protecting
human life is a very progressive and noble position to take. It is
not appropriate for us to presume that all scientists want to do abortions
and human embryo experimentation. Why let those who want to destroy
innocent human life perform these acts in a state that respects and
dignifies life? Here is
an online article that recently appeared revealing what I hope to
accomplish with this resolution: Missouri
Representative Files Bill to Stop Funding of Abortion, Cloning,
ESCR by
Steven Ertelt Representative
Cynthia Davis, a Republican from O’Fallon who is the chair of the Special
Standing Committee on Children and Families in the Missouri House, is
behind the new bill. "This Joint
Resolution I filed will allow Missouri taxpayers to make sure their
hard-earned tax dollars will not go to pay for abortions not medically
necessary to save the life of the mother, abortion services, human cloning
or embryo destructive research," she said in a statement LifeNews.com
obtained today. "We are
guardians of the taxpayer’s money and public tax dollars in these tough
economic times. I speak for all the Missourians who do not want their tax
dollars to go for procedures that are controversial and that a large
percentage of Missourians find morally reprehensible,” she
said. She said the
measure makes sense at a time when state and national residents are
"demanding greater accountability and fiscal integrity from their elected
representatives." Davis, a
well-known fiscal conservative who has a reputation for being a watchdog
for the taxpayers, filed the Resolution to remedy a developing problem of
money being funneled to abortion services or other research.
Todd Jones, the
director of the Missouri Roundtable for Life, told LifeNews.com that a
recent court case in Cole County Circuit Court has clarified that certain
restrictions passed in 2003 under the authorship of the late
Representative Richard Byrd have been struck down. Those
restrictions made clear that Life Sciences Research Trust Fund dollars
would not be spent on abortion services, human cloning, and other
destructive research. As a result, Last session,
members of the House voted 114 to 37 for Representative Allen Icet’s
placement of restrictions on the use of taxpayer funds for those anti-life
practices. If the
legislature approves the resolution, the amendment would appear on the
ballot during the next general election in 2010 or a special election if
called by Governor Jay Nixon, who backs abortion. “Missouri
Roundtable for Life thanks Representative Davis for taking leadership on
this issue to protect "Missourians
need to stop the raid of the Your
thoughts are important to me, so please let me know what you think about
preventing tax dollars from being used to provide abortions, cloning
research and human experimentation. You can send me your opinion by
clicking here: Cynthia Davis
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