Push for Missouri abortion ban isn’t about protecting women. It’s about punishing them

Push for Missouri abortion ban isn’t about protecting women. It’s about punishing them

Protestors with Abortion Action Missouri interrupt Missouri House debate of an anti-abortion constitutional amendment on April 15, chanting: "When abortion rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back" (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).Debate about abortion is often divorced from reality. But I was still stunned by the stream of elaborate and hurtful lies from Missouri lawmakers at the recent hearing on the bill to overturn…