Thread by @NARALMissouri

🚨SOON: The #MoSen Committee on Appropriations will begin the hearing to address funding for Medicaid & reckless attempts by extremists to block birth control coverage for Missourians on Medicaid.

3️⃣bills will be heard today. Here’s what you should know ⬇️#CleanFRA #MoLeg

Extremists are trying to pass #SB1 & #SB2 which include language that intentionally & purposefully conflates abortion & birth control, calling them “abortion drugs.” This is dangerous disinformation.

Let’s be clear: Birth control prevents pregnancy, it doesn't end it. #CleanFRA

#SB1 and #SB2 would block birth control coverage for people on Medicaid, and as a result, jeopardize Missouri's entire Medicaid program.

We oppose this reckless legislation—and we’ll do everything we can to fight it. #HandsOffMyBC #MoLeg

#SB3 is the ✅ ONLY ✅ proactive legislation being heard today. It would:

✅Pass a #CleanFRA (without dangerous anti-birth control disinformation)
✅ Protect access to all methods of birth control for folks relying on Medicaid
✅Ensure Medicaid for thousands of Missourians

What is the FRA ❓ The Federal reimbursement allowance is a must-pass Medicaid funding bill. It usually passes without any fuss, but it failed this session because extremists politicians added language to block these funds from covering common forms of birth control. #CleanFRA

This move defies federal law that *requires* coverage of birth control. As a result, this anti-birth control language has jeopardize the state’s entire Medicaid program—and healthcare for thousands of Missourians. #MoLeg #CleanFRA

📢 STARTING NOW: #MoSen hearing on the fight to pass a #CleanFRA has begun.

🎧 Tune in here: senate.mo.gov/AudioSCR2.html

#SB1 is up first. You're about to hear a lot of anti-contraception disinformation.

💡Keep in mind: This bill is just another vehicle for anti-reproductive freedom politicians to distort the truth about basic reproductive healthcare & push their own agenda. #CleanFRA #MoLeg

Sen. @LaurenArthurMO asks Sen. Hegeman what he know about IUDs—one of the most effective contraceptive methods.

Sen. Hegeman's response: "I am largely unfamiliar with that device."

Politicians want to legislate our healthcare, which they know nothing about. #CleanFRA #MoLeg

@LaurenArthurMO The same politicians who want to ban abortion, now want to block access to contraception. They want to gut our ability to control our bodies—and they don't care about the consequences. #CleanFRA

https://twitter.com/malloryschwarz/status/1408136649196851204

Ope! That's 👏 exactly 👏 it.

https://twitter.com/GGerling/status/1408138182743494657

🥰Dream team 🥰So grateful to have these champions testifying at the #MoSen hearing today to protect birth control & pass a #CleanFRA.

https://twitter.com/malloryschwarz/status/1408138312553046021

THOUSANDS. The effects of #SB1 would fall hardest on those already marginalized by our healthcare system—including Black people and people of color, LGBTQ+ folks, women, and people with disabilities.

https://twitter.com/PPMO_Advocates/status/1408136619002060804

Thank you, Senator @SenGregRazer! #CleanFRA

https://twitter.com/SenGregRazer/status/1407825896938037252

@SenGregRazer Thank you, Senator @BrianWilliamsMO! #CleanFRA

https://twitter.com/BrianWilliamsMO/status/1408095213369823237

Senator @BrianWilliamsMO sets the record straight about #SB1 and this reckless attack on birth control: 👏"This not about abortion, this is about contraception. It's so important for everyone to know what we are talking about." 👏 #CleanFRA #MoLeg

Republican Senator @MikeCierpiot just said exactly what we already know: "Anyone that thinks that taking a chance and blowing the FRA is "pro-life" is out of their mind."

Exactly. There's nothing "pro-life" about gutting access to basic reproductive healthcare. #CleanFRA

Angie Postal from @PPMO_Advocates testifies against #SB1. "Birth control is not abortion. Abortion is not birth control. Birth control never ends a pregnancy. Emergency contraception is contraception, it doesn't end a pregnancy." #CleanFRA #moleg

SPEAK 📢 THE 📢 TRUTH 📢 ANGIE

"Even when this body has tried to defund us [Planned Parenthood] by blocking our Medicaid funding. We take care of these patients. We take care of those who need us." Angie Postal, @PPMO_Advocates Planned Planned takes cares of our communities 💜 #CleanFRA #MoLeg

Planned Parenthood is an essential provider of reproductive healthcare in Missouri. Thank you Senator @beedubyah1967 for sharing your personal experiences of accessing critical care at Planned Parenthood! #CleanFRA

Susan Klein from Missouri Right to Life is here peddling disinformation about abortion and birth control.

No surprise here. Right to Life built the dangerous disinformation machine that’s fueling this reckless attack on basic healthcare. #CleanFRA

🔥 Senator @beedubyah1967 is on fire 🔥She is asking Klein direct questions about the dangerous disinformation she is peddling. Klein refuses to answer directly.

Thank you Senator Washington for fighting to protect birth control! #CleanFRA #HandsOffMyBC

"We need to get a physician up here." Sen. @BrianWilliamsMO

Couldn't agree more. There's no room for politicians or Missouri Right to Life in a doctor's office. #CleanFRA

Lots of disinformation here. We won't repeat it, but we will set the record straight:
✅IUDs & emergency contraception prevent pregnancy, they do not end it.
✅Everybody should have access to the full range of repro health care, including birth control & abortion. #MoLeg

Dr. @MWinchesterMD, OB-GYN from Kansas City is speaking! "Contraception has saved many lives. It allows my petitions to plan their pregnancy, and plan their pregnancies out." #CleanFRA #MoLeg

Dr. @MWinchesterMD is absolutely correct‼️ Regardless of your personal beliefs, nobody should restrict another person's freedom to make their own decisions. #CleanFRA #MoLeg

https://twitter.com/PPMO_Advocates/status/1408152502059606016

Michelle Trupiano, ED of @MOFHC reminds us that IUDs are used & beloved by thousands of people in Missouri. Birth control is essential care that gives us the freedom to choose if, when, & how to start or grow a family. That's at the core of reproductive freedom. #CleanFRA #MoLeg

Lora Gurney w/ @genhealthstl is spot on: "Access to birth control so that couples can decide if, when and under what circumstance they start or grow their family is an extremely important factor in reducing Missouri's infant mortality rates." #CleanFRA

@genhealthstl SAY 🔥 IT 🔥 LOUDER

"People should be trusted with their own health. When it comes to women's bodies, the same philosophy is not applied." - Lora Gurney, @genhealthstl #CleanFRA #MoLeg

NPCM ED @malloryschwarz spells it out: "This is an effort to perpetuate disinformation about birth control and abortion." Pass a #CleanFRA. Protect birth control for everybody. #MoLeg

‼️ EXACTLY ‼️ "All people deserve to decide for themselves what method [of birth control] is right for them." @malloryschwarz #CleanFRA #MoLeg

"Women in the state of Missouri want and need contraceptives. I'd like to pass the FRA clean," says Republican Senator Jeanie Riddle. #CleanFRA #moleg