Summary
A Missouri Republican lawmaker proposed a bill to create a registry of pregnant women “at risk” of abortion and another for prospective adoptive parents.
The bill claims to reduce abortions by facilitating adoptions, though it lacks a clear definition of “at risk.”
Critics warn it could expand government tracking of pregnancies, echoing broader anti-abortion surveillance efforts.
Missouri remains a key battleground over abortion, with legal challenges to the state’s near-total ban ongoing.
If only it were for a good cause.
Abortion should be legal, period.
There are many better solutions to try and stop abortion without taking away freedoms: Free condoms and birth control, better sex education, better state-sponsored child support, baby deposit boxes, stopping the dehumanization of women who don’t consider themselves reliable mothers, etc.
If you just fight the problem instead of the stuff that is causing the problem, you’re just a bad leader.