Annexation and pro-life bills become laws
August 21, 2010
Jefferson City, MO
Legislation was signed into law which stops local cities from annexing any territory (i.e. Research Parks) without getting the consent of the current property owners located within the unincorporated area of such parcels.
“Without this legislation, all the businesses in the Missouri Research Park (located @ Hwy 94 and Interstate 64) would have to pay between $50,000 to over $250,000 in extra taxes as an added business cost. This is unacceptable! These companies (in just this one business park) would possibly have had to lay off roughly 35 to 50 employees just to pay these added taxes and that is wrong. We need to help our companies in our state not throw them under the bus. I want businesses to think of Missouri as a good place to do business and that means more jobs for the people that live in our state.” … Representative Gatschenberger said.
Representative Gatschenberger sponsored the legislation.
Pro-life ultrasound bill becomes law
I am pleased to report that the pro-life ultrasound bill adopted by the General Assembly this past session will now become law. Governor Jay Nixon’s office allowed Senate Bill 793 to become law without his signature. July 17th was the constitutional deadline for the Governor to either sign or veto the measure. He has declined to do either, meaning the bill will become law as if he had signed it.
This is a monumental victory for women and children in Missouri. For the first time since Roe v. Wade, women entering abortion clinics in our state will be told the truth about abortion and what it means to them and their unborn child. The new informed consent law ensures that abortion-minded women are advised of the immediate and long-term risks of abortion to their physical and mental health. Women will also be informed of the humanity of their preborn child, and given the opportunity to see an ultrasound and hear the heartbeat of that child.
This legislation also exempts Missouri from the abortion mandate contained in the new federal health care bill. Health insurance policies sold in Missouri through federally subsidized health insurance exchanges will not be allowed to cover abortions. As a result, Missourians will not be required to underwrite the destruction of unborn children in our state through their taxes or their health insurance premiums.
This is the most significant piece of pro-life legislation to become law in Missouri in nearly 25 years. Women faced with unintended pregnancies will get what they deserve: full disclosure of the alternatives before them so that their decision is truly informed. We thank God for what this means for generations of children and their mothers in our state. Many women will be spared the heartache and indignity of abortion. Many children will know the joys of life and the love of family.
From Representative Chuck Gatschenberger.
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