One Week After Elections - The Landscape for Abolition in Missouri
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We're joined by Wes Scroggins to review the November 8th Election and to ask "what does this mean for Abolition's prospects this legislative session?"
AAMO Website: https://abolishabortionmo.org/
Show Notes:
5:50 - Current Leadership in the House and Senate and their role in passing a bill of abolition
11:30 - Some "next steps" regarding how you can take action to help reach out to our law-makers
14:50 - Current progress in getting an abolition bill introduced in the House
16:55 - Names of those you can begin calling and asking them to support a bill of abolition when it shows up
32:40 - Why we're hopeful that this could be a great moment for Abolition in Missouri
36:30 - What're the stakes in this session?
37:50 - A specific way you can support AAMO - donate
Current Senate and House Leadership:
In the House 163 seats - Republicans have 111 (68% majority)
In the Senate 34 seats - Republicans have 24 (70% majority)
House Speaker - Dean Plocher (district 89 - St Louis area)
- 573-751-1544
- Dean.Plocher@house.mo.gov
House Majority Floor Leader - John Patterson (district 30 - Lee's Summit area)
- 573-751-0907
- Jonathan.Patterson@house.mo.gov
Senate Pro Tem - Caleb Rowden (district 19 - Columbia area)
- (573) 751-3931
Senate Majority Leader - Cindy O'Laughlin (district 18 - Northeast MO)
- (573) 751-7985
House Reps to call and encourage/ask to support Abolition
Brad Hudson (district 138)
- 573-751-3851
- Brad.Hudson@house.mo.gov
Mitch Boggs (district 157)
- 573-751-4077
- Mitch.Boggs@house.mo.gov
Jeff Farnan (district 1)
- 38469 340TH ST STANBERRY MO 64489
- forwardwithfarnan@gmail.com
Michael Davis (district 56)
- 573-751-2175
- Michael.Davis@house.mo.gov
Brad Pollitt (district 52)
- 573-751-9774
- Bradley.Pollitt@house.mo.gov
Bob Titus (district 139)
- titusformissouri@gmail.com
Ann Kelley (district 127)
- 573-751-2165
- Ann.Kelley@house.mo.gov
Senate Reps to call and encourage/ask to support Abolition:
Mike Moon (district 29)
- (573) 751-1480
- Mike.Moon@senate.mo.gov
Curtis Trent (district 20)
- 417-683-8587
- ctrent1@gmail.com
Jill Carter (district 32)
- 417.850.0222
- hello@jillforsenate.com
Mary Elizabeth Coleman (district 22)
- 314.375.6715
- MEC@MaryElizabethColeman.com
District Map for House:
https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections//Maps//StatewideHouseMap(FilingOnly).pdf
District Map for Senate:
https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections//Maps//2022JRCStatewideSenateDistrictMap.pdf
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