ACTION NEEDED – SB356

According to Abolish Abortion Missouri, SB356, the Abolition of Abortion in Missouri Act, will be given a hearing in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee at 9:30am local time on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at the Capitol in Jefferson City. Out of love for and on behalf of our pre-born neighbors, all who are able to attend this hearing need to show up!

We also need anyone who can to be contacting members of the committee. Their publicly available contact information is below. You DO NOT have to live in Missouri to contact these legislators.

• Senator Mary Elizabeth Coleman, Chair
  • Republican
  • Phone: 573-751-1492
  • Twitter: @meaccoleman
  • Facebook Page: Mary Elizabeth Coleman
  • When running for office, Senator Coleman said she would support equal protection–hold her to that!
• Senator Jill Carter
  • Republican
  • Phone: 573-751-2173
  • Facebook Page: Jill Carter for Senate #32 (Jill Carter Missouri Senate)
• Senator Lauren Arthur
  • Democrat
  • Phone: 573-751-5282
  • Twitter: @LaurenArthurMO
• Senator Elaine Gannon
  • Republican
  • Phone: 573-751-4008
  • Facebook Page: Elaine Gannon
• Senator Mike Moon
  • Republican who sponsored and introduced SB356! Thank and encourage him!
  • Phone: 573-751-1480
  • Facebook: Mike Moon
  • Twitter: @realmikemoon
• Senator Holly Thompson Rehder
  • Republican
  • Phone: 573-751-2459
  • Facebook Page: Holly Rehder (one of her latest posts was about attending Missouri March for Life, that would be a great post to kindly tell her that should mean she will support SB356)
  • Twitter: @hrehder
• Senator Barbara Washington
  • Democrat
  • Phone: 573-751-3158
  • Facebook: Barbara Anne Washington for Missouri Senate 9 (but not very active)

Tips for Interaction

Be kind and ask each legislator for their support of SB356 as it is the only bill of equal protection filed this session. Remind each legislator that every person is made in the image of God, that as elected legislators they have the duty to establish justice and protect even their most vulnerable citizens, and that abortion is still legal in Missouri and will continue to be unless SB356 is passed. I personally am going to point out the Missouri’s nickname is the “Show-Me” state and these legislators can be seen as leaders in this space since, if SB356 is passed into law, they would be the first state to equally protect all human beings from the moment of fertilization! I will encourage them that they can show the rest of the country what it is like to LEAD on the issue abolishing the holocaust of abortion!

I also find the graphic below helpful if questions arise about the term equal protection.

Please share with everyone you know. Remember, you do NOT have to live in Missouri to contact these legislators!