Some Babies Are More Equal Than Others

From: OG Magazine

 By Gretchen Garrity

The recent unpleasantness concerning a satire authored by David Rice (see HERE and Rice's satire HERE) has made me think further about the implications of the knee-jerk support for the enemies of pre-born babies, among whom it must be counted state senators Adam Schnelting and Rick Brattin, as well as their respective chiefs of staff Sherry Kuttenkuler Arthaud and Tom Estes (a pastor).

Let us be clear what the stakes are here. Surgical abortion entails wrenching open a womb and cutting up a pre-born baby as it struggles to avoid the scissors. The mutilated baby is then sucked into a bucket.

Chemical abortion causes a pre-born baby to be expelled from the womb, most often ending up in a toilet--to be flushed away to the sewer as so much shit. Imagine the horror that a young woman sees as her tiny child is expelled into the toilet. The pictures are out there on the internet if anyone cares to see. The reality of abortion becomes a true-life nightmare almost beyond belief. The ones shown are tame in comparison.

Many times more than one life is destroyed. The emotional repercussions echo throughout a woman's life, affecting not only her own mental health, but affecting her future relationships with her spouse and children.

I dare you to tell me that David Rice's depiction of the spiritual sin of supporting Amendment 3 is worse (which allows for the abortion of children based upon the circumstances of their conception or their physical condition).

From: Wikimedia

 Do you really want to know how the sausage is made in Jefferson City? Do citizens believe they have actual representation there? I regret to inform you that your representation is controlled and directed by a very small group of people. They select and place the party leaders who will enact their agenda.

Any representatives who oppose them are shunned, opposed and sidelined. Bills are heard or not heard based on how your representative adheres to the directives of their leadership. A good bill, a proper bill, is often amended in ways that pervert the original intent. Representatives and senators are forced to play by the system's rules in order to get even a smidgen of a proper law passed.

Citizens think they are electing representatives to represent their interests and values. But that system is long gone. Representatives and senators are reduced to supplicant beggars, hoping against hope to have their constituents' voices heard.

It is far past "taxation without representation." The elephant in the room is this: How has a Republican Super Majority managed to do almost nothing of substance in two decades for Missourians? Elected representatives outlawed abortion in Missouri only to have it ENSHRINED IN THE MISSOURI CONSTITUTION in the next election cycle. And you think elections are free and fair in Missouri.

Are taxes lower? Are schools improved? Are unborn babies safer? Are God-given rights being protected? Are your utilities lower? Is your food safer?

What exactly has a "Republican" super majority accomplished? Say it. NOTHING.

But let us get back to unborn babies.

The outrage over Rice's depiction of the sin of supporting abortion through Amendment 3 has  overshadowed the reality of abortion. Think about it. Lisa Pannett and her friends Cyndia Haggard and  Melissa Thomas and Gary Ridenhour (and others) are MORE OUTRAGED OVER RICE'S SATIRE than the reality of abortion.

From: Catholic Business Journal

 In fact, Pannett noted on her Facebook page, "I will also add I know these people portrayed in this article. They are not sexual deviants or looking to cut up babies. It’s sad we can’t disagree on policy without blatantly lying about people’s character. Know I will stand up for people that even hate my guts."

I beg to differ, Lisa. The people you are standing up for are supporting an amendment that allows for the dismemberment of babies up to 12 weeks (well after a heartbeat can be detected). This is not just policy. This is the intentional murder of children based upon the circumstances of their conception and their possible physical condition.

You must face up to the fact that the people you know are advocating for the cutting up of babies. It is not simply policy, Lisa. It is the lives of children. David Rice was not lying about their character. He was exposing their politics. In fact, I would say that your spirit was not so affected by the heinous description in his satire, but by the foundational truth he exposed.

These individuals are going about convincing citizens to vote yes on Amendment 3 in November. They are compounding their sin. It is disgusting that you and Cyndia Haggard and Melissa Thomas and Bill Eigel and Gary Ridenhour and others are so deeply deluded you protect the supporters of abortion. God have mercy on your delicate souls.

"For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ." -- Gal. 1:10

Tell me, ladies and gents, is it true that our elected officials are being pressured to repudiate David Rice? In Sen. Mike Moon's latest Capitol Report, he stated: 

"In the article, I was presented in a good light.  Nonetheless, I derive no satisfaction in the depiction of those with whom I vehemently disagree.  I would much rather witness the defense of their position in a public debate.  I understand invitations to support their beliefs have been extended.  I also understand there has been no acceptance of these invitations – not one.

Why not?"

While Sen. Moon is the ultimate gentleman, as befits his status as a state senator, I also ask the question, 'Why has there not been acceptance of invitations to support the beliefs' of individuals like Sen. Schnelting or Sen. Brattin?'

We know why. There is no defense of their position. Psalm 139 speaks to God's knowledge of Man. Beginning in Verses 13-14, "For You formed my inward parts; you covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made..."

But the Psalm continues in verses 19-20, "Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God! Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men, For they speak against You wickedly; Your enemies take Your name in vain."

To accede in any way, shape or form to the murder of pre-born babies is to place oneself in the category of a bloodthirsty man. I hope and pray that Pannett, Haggard, Thomas, Ridenhour and anyone else who has decried a political satire over the support of abortion publicly repudiate the position of those who support Amendment 3.

In the end, silence is consent.

Committing Abortion

 

From: Abe Books

 By Gretchen Garrity

"You adulterous people! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the friend of the world becomes the enemy of God."  James 4:4

My friend and fellow writer David Rice wrote a scathing and brutal satire regarding certain political figures' support for Amendment 3: "Prohibit Abortion and Gender Transition Procedures for Minors Amendment" that is on the Missouri ballot for November of this year.

The satire described in visceral detail the spiritual crime of supporting an amendment that pays lip service to pro-life policies, but in reality changes almost nothing of the current state of affairs in Missouri regarding abortion. 

While a previous Amendment 3 enshrined the right to abortion in the Missouri constitution, this new Amendment 3 supposedly adds a few restrictions. The "pro-life" movement gladly accepts another round of incrementalism hoping to curtail the murder of pre-born babies at some point in the distant future.

Among other provisions, Amendment 3 states, "...prohibit abortions except in cases of "medical emergency, fetal anomaly, rape, or incest," and permit abortions in cases of rape or incest only through 12 weeks of gestation..."

Do any pro-life proponents believe that there are not doctors willing to provide an abortion on the merest pretext? Who decides what a medical emergency is? Most surgical abortions are procured within the 12-week time frame. Additionally, the majority of abortions now are chemically induced by pills, which are not covered in this amendment.

The bottom line is that abortion will continue unabated in Missouri--without missing a heartbeat. Almost nothing is gained. In exchange for a Yes vote on Amendment 3, supporters will gain a bit on the transgender front (which is already on its way out) and which has nothing at all to do with abortion.

This is how the sausage is made. Corrupt lobbyists and legislators dangle a shiny thing in front of you in order to distract you. A little poop in the brownie won't matter because you won't be able to taste it, right?

Sen. Adam Schnelting

 In essence, we are back to square one on the abortion issue. Proponents on each side of the issue continue on as before, while babies are being murdered and women are being traumatized. The political rhetoric to score points continues on. The fundraising on both sides continues on. The lies on both sides continue on. The status quo remains.

Declaring pre-born babies as persons is a third way of making abortion untenable. See linked personhood bills below.

By affirming the personhood of pre-born babies, it necessarily categorizes abortion as a crime. Committing abortion is committing a crime. This is the crux of the matter. It matters not if a child has been conceived in rape or incest. It matters not if a child is unwanted. The circumstances of a child's conception does not negate the personhood of that child.

There have been several personhood bills introduced in the Missouri Legislature in the last several years. The Republican Majority has been unwilling to seriously consider these bills. Why? Here are several current bills:

SB951

HB 1682

HB2688

HJR109 

HB3056

HB1661

No one of substantive thinking and reasoning can credibly deny that our culture is in a death spiral. Abortion, sex trafficking, drugs, transgender ideology, Critical Race Theory (which has jump started white guilt and self-hatred) as well as the breakdown of the nuclear family have been largely triumphant over a weakened Christian culture.

Aside from the Catholic Church, which was valiant in the early years of the pro-life movement but has waned, it is Protestant laypeople who are now propping up the pro-life movement. Pastors are lethargic and cowardly. Sheep without a shepherd are easily scattered.  

Sen. Rick Brattin

It is largely the pro-life movement that is currently splintering the Republican Party. Weak and accommodating legislation like the current Amendment 3 is indicative of a compromising GOP "super majority." It is plain to all but a few diehard partisan Republicans that both parties are controlled--and played--by moneyed interests who willfully direct legislation.

Abortion, the selling of baby parts, and medical experimentation is big money. Women are often devastated by aborting their children and may end up with further medical issues, as well as the emotional devastation of the decision to kill their child. The sorcery of Big Pharma (the word comes from pharmakeia (φαρμακεία) which is partly defined as magic spells) benefits many ways from abortion.

Back to David's satire, which you can read HERE. He spares no one. Sen. Adam Schnelting, his Chief of Staff Sherry Kuttenkuler Arthaud, Sen. Rick Brattin, Scott Faughn, and Pastor Tom Estes who is Sen. Brattin's Chief of Staff are all rhetorically skewered by Rice for their support of Amendment 3.

Pastor Tom Estes

Essentially, Rice's satire details the spiritual crime of supporting a constitutional amendment that approves of the murder of pre-born children in certain cases. The moral slicing and dicing it takes to legislatively destroy the Sixth Commandment is indicative of how far Christians and Republicans have fallen.

Realize that Republicans could have passed a personhood bill at any time in the last several years. THEY CHOSE NOT TO. Instead, they are compromising with grave evil. This moral chasm is as great as that of Lazarus and the Rich Man, and it is precisely this that has caused the divide in the Republican Party in Missouri.

Some interesting fallout of David's satire occurred yesterday. A particular champion of conservative values, Lisa Pannett, took great offense at his article. Pannett is one half of the Shield Maidens, who are savvy political pundits (Pannett is a lobbyist) navigating the corruption in Jefferson City.

The graphic physical description of the spiritual sins being committed by politicians who support Amendment 3, was too much for her sensibilities. She took to Facebook to complain. A few others, including former state senator Bill Eigel (who frankly sounded like a prudish school marm) also sounded off at Rice's satire. There was outrage, there was disgust, there was a reactionary gathering of offended individuals, and it wasn't long before talk of a lawsuit was bandied about.  

Scott Faughn

Hmmm...what happened to free speech rights? Apparently the time-honored American sport of satirizing public figures was a bridge too far for some on the "Right." The depiction of aborted babies being made into political sausage by compromising Republicans was too much.

The real thing, the physical murder of certain babies that Schnelting and Brattin and Estes and Kuttenkuler Arthaud are willing to compromise with by supporting Amendment 3 apparently pales in comparison to Rice's satire.

Sherry Kuttenkuler Arthaud

No, in the estimation of the self-righteous, Rice's sin is greater, and he must be shut down. Money must be raised to hire lawyers to conduct lawfare. Rice, who has done great work on behalf of Republican causes in Missouri, must be buried.

This is the state of reasoning in Republican circles. I cast about for a reason why the satire triggered a few others. Most of them are quite active in political circles. Perhaps they were concerned they may someday come under scrutiny from Rice's pen. Perhaps they felt compassion for the objects of David's scorn. Perhaps they see an avenue to get rid of this troublesome fellow.

Perhaps some have been traumatized by abortion themselves, whether through procuring one or knowing someone who has. If so, that speaks directly to the emotional damage that abortion inflicts on women as well as their babies.

 

Prediction: accurate
"Just think, my dear ladies, of how many mentally disturbed women we are going have in the United States in the next 10 or 15 years when the guilt of abortion begins to attack the mind and soul."pic.twitter.com/MKYphIXia3

— The Chivalry Guild (@ChivalryGuild) January 11, 2026

Whatever went on in the minds of those who improperly, unchristianly I might add, decided to publicly attack Rice, it is a very bad look. Pannett had already voiced her objections to Rice in a private chat. He ably defended his satire to her.

Taking it public was a mistake. You won't stop him or others like him from writing stinging critiques of public figures. In fact, you have called into question your own bonafides as darlings of all things conservative.

Jefferson City is a stronghold of spiritual evil. Very few survive it unscathed, uncompromised. Weak-minded Republicans (the majority) are mostly useless. You don't win by playing by the rules of evil systems. You break the system. If you are in Jefferson City thinking you are going to win by playing within the system, you have already lost.

If you doubt that the system can be destroyed, you are an unworthy Republican, let alone Christian. The system, of itself, will eventually fall. All such compromised systems fail in the end, whether you personally do anything about it or not. They flourish like a green bay tree and then are gone. They fall like the Tower of Babel. Failing to accept their Messiah, the Jews saw their temple destroyed within a generation, not one stone left upon another.

The personal, spiritual question for Republicans, conservatives, pro-life advocates is this: What are you doing in Jefferson City if you aren't pulling down strongholds? Where is your moral clarity? If you are more offended by a writer's depiction of spiritual sin than by the abomination of actual abortion, then you should sit down.

And if you find yourself suggesting a lawsuit to shut down free speech, you have become what you purport to hate. I have observed the spirit of compromise that permeates Jefferson City's Republican Party. To compromise with sin is to make yourself an enemy of God.

Committing abortion is committing a sin. It should be illegal as it is the murder of a person. The stuffy Republicans who cannot abide descriptions of visceral spiritual sin but who would advocate for supporters of Amendment 3 over free speech should spend some time in self-reflection. They should withdraw their threats of a lawsuit, not least because they will lose. If they persist, they show themselves to be the comrades of the lawfare crowd.

Above all, they should seek moral clarity. I suggest they open their Bibles at Genesis and commence reading through to Revelation.

Missouri Liberty Radio

  

David Rice and myself were guests during Sam Britton's Off the Cuff radio show at Missouri Liberty Radio. The subject was libraries. We were on during the second and third hours--beginning around the 56-minute mark:

January 18, 2026 Off the Cuff

Make Libraries Beautiful Again

 

Sometimes, we all need an escape.

Wiblingen Monastery Library in Ulm. pic.twitter.com/ox9Jdwh9N7

— Fascinating History (@Fascinate_Hist) January 4, 2026