In the US state of Missouri it’s easy to buy a gun and hard to get an abortion. A new state bill filed on Dec. 1 proposes making the two equally difficult, according to the Missouri Times. (The bill should be available here but has been difficult to access online on Dec. 3.) Among its requirements that mirror the state’s restrictions on obtaining an abortion:
In the US state of Missouri it’s easy to buy a gun and hard to get an abortion. A new state bill filed on Dec. 1 proposes making the two equally difficult, according to the Missouri Times. (The bill should be available here but has been difficult to access online on Dec. 3.) Among its requirements that mirror the state’s restrictions on obtaining an abortion:
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Lawmaker Stacey Newman, a Democrat, proposed the bill to more or less make a point. Having served in state legislature since 2009—with a focus on preventing gun violence and defending women’s reproductive rights—she knows the bill is unlikely to get through the state’s Republican-controlled legislature. But, she said, “If we truly insist that Missouri cares about ‘all life,’ then we must take immediate steps to address our major cities’ rising rates of gun violence.”
Missouri ranks among the top five US states in rates of gun deaths, and ranks first in the US in toddlers shooting themselves or others.
