Dear Friend of Life,

Welcome to this week's edition of the Missouri Lifeline. 

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Pam Fichter
President, MRL

Give Thanks on this Memorial Day 

First we give thanks to almighty God for the blessings He has bestowed on this great nation. His hand has surely been upon us during all these many generations of trial, challenge and victory.
 
Secondly, we give thanks for our military, past and present who have sacrificed their lives of comfort, their lives of economic abundance, their lives of peace, their very lives. Nothing, think about that, nothing we have in this country would be possible without them.  

And, pray for the soldiers now in harm's way. Pray for those who have returned home to all the many challenges they must face. Pray for the families who have watched their loved ones go off to defend freedom and have lost them in those conflicts.

And, perhaps most importantly, pray for those in national and military leadership that they may remember the words of our founding father, George Washington:

"It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." -President George Washington

Action Alert -- Call Governor Nixon! 
Call Governor Nixon and ask him to sign the following pro-life bills:

HB 400 - The bill to ban web-cam abortions.

SB 126 - The bill that would protect pharmacy owners from being forced to carry any drug or device, this would include abortion drugs.

Governor Nixon's phone number is 573-751-3222

U.S. House Hearing on Legislation to Protect Pain-Capable Unborn Children 
This week a panel of the United States House Judiciary Committee began action on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797), legislation to protect unborn children who are capable of feeling pain by generally prohibiting abortion after 20 weeks fetal age, with a public hearing on Thursday, May 23, 2013...read more.

Can We Support Stem Cell Research? A Pro-Life Primer
Much of the confusion over stem cell research involves misunderstanding of terms, so let's begin with some definitions...read more. 

Poll: Americans Say Abortion, Assisted Suicide and Cloning Immoral 
Gallup released the results of its annual poll on whether Americans do or don't find a couple dozen practices morally acceptable. As has frequently been the case, Americans do not find abortion to be morally okay...read more. 

Pro-Life Around the State
St. Charles: May 29 - St. Charles Chapter Meeting, 7:00 PM, Spencer Rd. Library, St. Peters.  For more information contact Gerard Nieters at gerardnieters@charter.net 

Let's Focus on Development -- Save the Date: 6/15
Missouri Right to Life, with the tireless efforts of many committed pro-life legislators (see last week's Lifeline) was able to bring about the passage of many life-saving pieces of legislation in the past legislative session. We are truly grateful to God for these victories on behalf of life. However, we cannot be complacent. We must do more to activate the pro-lifers across this state.  

The statewide meeting for MRL leaders, members and anyone interested in the life issues in Missouri has a new theme. It is, "Let's Focus On Development To Save Lives!" The meeting will take place in Jefferson City on Saturday, June 15. Guest speaker for the day's event will be Don Parker, Director of Development at National Right to Life.   Save the date and plan on joining us for this important meeting. Please contact the state office at 573-635-5110 or righttolife@missourilife.org if you plan to attend.