The Grift Goes On

By Gretchen Garrity

I remember when we were being told if we didn't approve Amendment 3 it would be all over, that there wouldn't be any options for the pro-life movement, that it was toast for the foreseeable future. And yet, the establishment pro-life activists in Missouri are already making plans. Crap from the sounds of it, but they have to figure out how to keep abortion going so they can raise even more money for their pet organizations. No talk of ACTUALLY ENDING ABORTION. Just raising money for pregnant moms and pregnancy centers. Those are important, of course, but if the establishment really wanted to help pregnant moms, they would abolish abortion and thus be able to put their millions into helping moms and their infants.

Equal protection and personhood bills. 

Rep. Darrin Chappell comes to mind. He said he will offer a bill in December. Now that he is going to be the Majority Floor Leader in the 2027 session, perhaps he can advocate to advance one that would actually abolish abortion, instead of voting for the crap amendment that was proffered by the Groupthink establishment Republicans.

Even the Missouri Independent article notes that the establishment pro-life comrades are looking to "restrict" access to abortion, not abolish it. What fakers.

Now that the vaunted GOP Super Majority is poof  (it had become embarrassingly inconvenient doncha know), they will have endless reasons why they can't pass an equal protection/personhood bill. Just watch.

The Pride of Priesthood

When priests have the gall to support an amendment advocating for the murder of a created subclass of unborn babies, but blame voters for rejecting it. Tell me, fathers, how does advocating to murder some babies "uphold the dignity of every person" and "protect the most vulnerable among us"?

It is deeply sinful to create scandal among the faithful. Amendment 3 was not a pro-life amendment. Saying it was does not make it so. I would beg the Catholic Church in Missouri to support equal protection and personhood bills in the Missouri Legislature.

Genuflecting before secular groups like Missouri Right to Life and Her Health, Her Future is beneath the dignity of the bishopric and the priestly vocation. I do pray that God strengthens the resolve of the Missouri Catholic Church and faithful to uphold the sanctity of all humans, born and unborn.

Equal Protection for the Pre-born

Republican Angela Romine has been taking some serious heat since she logically and courageously decided to vote NO on Amendment 3. She is one hundred percent correct in her assertion that most of our elected officials in Missouri--the 'pro-life' ones mind you--are fine with abortion exceptions. 

Not only no. But hell no. 

Equal Protection and Personhood.

We will see who is really pro-life, and who merely wears the pro-life skinsuit. 

Amendment 3 is Defeated

 When they have to resort to national influencers to try and pass a bad amendment, you know they are desperate. Here's a quote from "Yes on 3 Political Director" Tom Estes that illuminates how the establishment GOP and establishment pro-life organizations look at abortion. Estes said, "We came up short today but this is a battle in a war, so we are going to keep on going forever."

Think about that: "...we are going to keep on going forever." 

There is no intention on their part to ever end abortion. They want it to go on forever so the money keeps flowing to all the organizations who depend on Abortion Wars.

In December, there will be equal protection and personhood bills introduced once again to the Missouri Legislature. Let's see how the GOP establishment and their comrades in the establishment pro-life movement react. Now that the legendary GOP Super Majority is no longer a thing, it should be easier to sniff out and call to account those Republicans who support abortion and its regulation rather than its abolishment.

Stop with the crappy, unconstitutional, convoluted and murderous pro-abortion bills dressed up in pro-life clothing. Stop the lying. Protect pre-born babies. Do what you were elected by the People to do.

Vote NO on Amendment 3

 

By Gretchen Garrity

In my article "Missouri's Pro-life Schism: Part One," I asked the question of when Missouri Right to Life began using the word "inception" instead of "conception" in their mission statement. Nancy M. Stroppel, a former MRL board member has noted in an opinion piece at Informed Health Choice Missouri (ICHM) that her paperwork from two decades ago indicates the mission statement has been unchanged since at least that time.

She writes, "Today, I found in my records from twenty years ago the Missouri Right to Life mission statement. I opened the MRL website and found that it is the same today. It states “Missouri Right to Life’s mission is to uphold and promote the sanctity of all innocent life from inception to natural death through education, legislation, and political action.” Sitting around the MRL Board table forty years ago, I heard seasoned warriors from the 1970’s discussing the implementation of that mission."

Stroppel goes on to detail the history of abortion laws in Missouri. She notes that Missouri was at the forefront of protecting unborn children, "Webster [vs. Reproductive Health Services] allowed abortion exceptions only for the life of the mother – none for rape and incest. It was a watershed decision which stood the test of time for almost forty years. Missouri was on the offensive, winning pro-life victory after victory and envied as one of the most pro-life states."

She then goes on to detail the church's apathy and lack of action when 2024's Amendment 3 was presented. Stroppel writes, "Overall, it was disheartening to see the apathy in the church. Sadly, the 2024 initiative passed by only a slim margin of 1.6% which could have been defeated if only church leadership would had preached then on the sin of abortion and educated their people about the amendment. I also believe if MRL would have immediately initiated an ongoing two-year education campaign within churches in 2025, it would have made it possible to repeal all of A3 2024 this year. Rather, we had an attempt to “fix it” with a last-minute effort to convince the churches to “jump on the bandwagon because we were not involved in 2024” approach."

Involved in the pro-life movement for many decades, Stroppel is against the 2026 Amendment 3 on the ballot. She closes out her essay with this: "Amendment 3 2026 should have never been brought to the voters of Missouri in this form for several reasons. 1) It is not true to MRL’s mission statement to “uphold and promote the sanctity of all innocent life from inception to natural death” which includes those conceived in rape, incest or have fetal anomalies. 2) It doesn’t ban all abortions. 3) It provides taxpayer funding for the rape, incest and medical emergencies abortions through Medicaid. 4) It is convoluted. 5) A total repeal of Amendment 3 2024 should have been offered to the people of Missouri."

She is entirely logical and reasonable in her assessment. To now watch MRL throw decades of advocacy for all unborn children down the tubes and promote an amendment that codifies an abortable sub-class of humans in the state constitution must be a bitter pill to swallow. Christian pastors and legislators, along with MRL and organizations like Her Health, Her Future are promoting a pro-abortion agenda when they urge their flocks and constituents to vote for A3 tomorrow.

The fallout from this vote on Amendment 3 may well be the Waterloo for establishment pro-life groups. The mask is off. When the smoke clears, there will be no hiding, and no amount of excuses for having bowed to the god of politics. The large dollar amounts of anonymous donations to HHHF in the last few weeks shows how committed the establishment 'pro-life' organizations in Jefferson City are to codifying abortion in the state constitution. Billions of dollars are at stake.

If it wasn't all about money and political power before, it is now. Citizens should be aware of how they are being manipulated by forces far above them. The politicians and organizations carrying out the agenda will have their reward. The voters have the power to return Missouri to sanity. Support the passage of personhood and equal protection laws. They will be introduced again for 2027's legislative session. In the meantime vote NO on Amendment 3 tomorrow.

"I asked three questions..."

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Don't Be Fooled By Emotional Arguments -- No on A3

Christians are being asked to vote for an unjust law

The Southern Baptists for Abolishing Abortion have it right. "We are not saying, 'If we can’t save 100%, save nobody.' Save 98, save ten, save one—every righteous restraint is worth pursuing. The objection is to protecting some by constitutionally establishing that others may legally be killed. There is a moral difference between an incomplete law and an unjust law. This is an unjust law. We cannot 'do evil that good may come,' (Rom. 3:8)."

The emotionally-charged argument that saving "even one baby is worth" creating a subclass of other babies it is permissible to murder, must be examined by Christians to see if it is Scripturally sound. The SBAA also writes, "God commands justice without partiality (Deut. 1:17; Prov. 24:23; James 2:1–9). The guilty should be punished, not their innocent children (Deut. 24:16)."

I have noted the Scriptures below:

Deut. 1:17 -- "You shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God’s. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’"

Prov. 24:23 -- "These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good."

James 2:1-9 -- "My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, 'You sit here in a good place,' while you say to the poor man, 'You stand over there,' or, 'Sit down at my feet,' have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him? But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court? Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called? If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself,' you are doing well. But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors."

Deut. 24:16 -- "Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin."

Voters are being told that there are no other options, that if we don't vote 'yes' on Amendment 3, there will not be a chance in the foreseeable future to save babies. This is an outright lie. Any time there is unthinking pressure and fear being instilled in voters, it is from below and not above. What Christian voters need most is clarity. What they are getting from their leaders and establishment pro-life organizations is a propaganda campaign that will regulate lawful abortion in Missouri. Most abortions will continue unabated, regardless of the amendment's wording. This has been covered extensively in previous articles on this site and others like Abolish Abortion Missouri.

Truly pro-life people and groups have been advocating for equal protection and personhood bills for several years. These bills will be re-introduced into the Missouri Legislature for 2027. There is always an answer that does not require voters to codify abortion in the state constitution. Equal protection and personhood is the answer. 

Distrusting God and His laws regarding justice for the weak and vulnerable and voting in a human doctrine that creates a subclass of humans opens the door to even more evil, such as euthanasia for the old and disabled. Christians must hold the line, even when their leaders and Christian legislators have listened to other gods. God bless the Southern Baptists who are awake to the Uniparty scam. Click HERE to access SBAA's whole post.

It's NOT the Democrats that Kill Personhood Bills...

 ...It's the legendary Republican Super Majority in the Missouri Legislature, and Missouri Right to Life. 

If you want more reasons why you should vote NO on Amendment 3, read Sen. Moon's latest newsletter HERE. 

The Outer Party is Obedient to the Grift

 

I have served in the pulpit and in the Senate. From both places I can tell you the silence of pastors has cost us dearly. The watchman who saw the sword coming and would not blow the trumpet was held responsible for the blood (Ezek 33:6). Pastors, open your mouths.

— Dusty Deevers (@DustyDeevers) October 23, 2026

Yes, pastors have allowed the culture of death to advance with very little opposition. But now that they are in the sleep-walking phase, what do they do in Missouri but back a pro-abortion bill dressed up in pro-life terms. 

In an opinion piece titled "The Orwellian Doublespeak of Big Abortion" from 2020, Dr. Poppy Daniels describes the process of groupthink, "Much of society, who have subsumed their own natural gut instinct to abhor the death of innocents and submitted their thinking to Hivemind propaganda, have become ambassadors of their own destruction."

They cannot be ignorant of the larger agenda that drives the money and policies. The middle management, the Outer Party, which is made up of legislators, pro-life and pro-abortion organizations, physicians and activists, and yes pastors, carry out the agenda of population control and euthanasia by giving in to godless arguments and clever propaganda.

Christian pastors, Christian legislators, and Christian voters are promoting Amendment 3 on November's ballot, something that would have been unthinkable a few years ago. Sen. Joe Nicola, a pastor and Missouri state senator, supports voting to allow abortion on certain unborn babies. 

Part of his justification? "...civil government must govern an imperfect society of different religions and beliefs where they all get to vote. Christians should live according to God's command and be the salt of the earth and the light of the world as we are called to be without expecting those who do not know the Lord to live that way...Even our Constitution speaks of 'forming a more perfect union', not a perfect union. Why should Christians reject protections that can save lives today while waiting for complete abolition?"

Where to begin with the theological errors and political compromises Sen. Nicola suggests? 

Sen. Joe Nicola

First, according to the Pew Research Center, 62% of Missourians say they are Christians. That is a large majority of voters who should be voting for laws and amendments that uphold Art. I, Sec. 2 of the state constitution, "Promotion of general welfare — natural rights of persons — equality under the law — purpose of government. — That all constitutional government is intended to promote the general welfare of the people; that all persons have a natural right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and the enjoyment of the gains of their own industry; that all persons are created equal and are entitled to equal rights and opportunity under the law; that to give security to these things is the principal office of government, and that when government does not confer this security, it fails in its chief design."

Does it matter that we should not expect "those who do not know the Lord to live that way..." Oh really? Is Sen. Nicola actually suggesting that our representative republic should not pass laws that reflect the natural rights of persons (which includes pre-born persons) to life and liberty because some minority of citizens are not Christian? Is he really suggesting that Christians can vote for a constitutional amendment that allows abortion of a newly-designated subclass of humans because not everyone is Christian?

Next, Sen. Nicola suggests that because the state of our union is not perfect, therefore it is permissible, as a Christian, to vote FOR abortion "while waiting for complete abolition." Why wait? Sen. Nicola and all the other weak Christians in the legislature who support A3 are willing to violate God's law in order to appease Big Abortion--all the groups and individuals who benefit by abortion. And yes, groups like Missouri Right to Life and Her Health, Her Future benefit from legalized abortion. 

MRL opposes equal protection and personhood laws and heavily supports A3. Speaking about MRL, Sen. Mike Moon had this to say at a recent debate, "In 2024 the churches were absolutely silent. I mean, there were a few. Today they are all yes votes on Amendment 3. Part of that is driven by Missouri Right to Life. They made a statement publicly that they would rather wait until 2028 to work against Amendment 3 2024. You know what the reason was? Money. They'd have a better chance of fundraising. Now they're on board because they have to. Whenever they get caught with their pants down they jump in. And that's a sad statement."

Bravo, Sen. Moon!

It is scandalous that Christian pastors like Sen. Nicola either cannot see or are willfully blind to one of the main motives behind the abortion racket. If any of those pastors or legislators had one iota of Christian courage they would expose the billions of dollars that the abortion industry makes every year--from Big Pharma's abortion pill manufacture and sales, to abortion doctors, to Medicaid payments for abortion, to counseling and treatment, to sales of aborted baby parts, to "grassroots" efforts to "fight" abortion, and so on. It's a scam. A grift. And EVERYONE involved wants the grift to continue, from organizations like The Population Council (which sold the rights to the abortion pill to a US company) down to the Outer Party participants who get funding to either fight or support abortion.

Finally, Sen. Nicola asserts that the abortion regulations in A3 "...can save lives..." There is no guarantee of any babies being saved by A3. The amendment, if passed, will allow for abortion with no enforcement mechanism for lying about rape or incest. Indeed, the majority of abortions (Telehealth or "mailbox" abortions) are not addressed. And the majority of clinic abortions are done before 9 or 10 weeks gestation.

A3 is a sop--a bribe. It keeps the Molech flames burning. The "pro-life" side of the abortion industrial complex lives to "fight" another day. The pro-abortion side keeps abortion legal and its regulations largely unenforceable. It's a win/win. The money keeps flowing and the babies keep dying.

If only Christians would wake up and obey their God.

NOTE: Dr. Poppy Daniels, OBGYN appears on hour two of Missouri Liberty Radio on Sunday night. That would be the 7 p.m. hour. She discusses Amendment 3 with Sam Britton.