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 MCC Staff Joins March for LifeMelissa Varner, MCC Communications Director, and Tyler McClay, MCC General Counsel joined in the pilgrimage to Washington, D.C., for the 2012 March for Life. This was the first time either of them attended the March. “I was impressed by the faithfulness to the cause of the people who attended the march,” said Varner. “Older [...] |
 For One Short Day: Reflections on the 2012 March for LifeThey came from Vermont, Texas and New Jersey; from John Carroll High School in Tampa, Fla., the Diocese of Grand Rapids, Mich., and from Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Md. They came literally from everywhere; “pro-lifers” with their banners, signs and backpacks, their matching hats, sweatshirts and neon-colored scarves. And in spite of a [...] |
 Legislators Advance Corrections Reform LegislationAmong the legislative priorities this session is a bipartisan effort to pass corrections reform legislation. Spurred on by the continuing state budget crisis and the realization that Missouri’s prison population has doubled and corrections spending has tripled during the past 20 years, state leaders this summer created the Missouri Working Group on Sentencing and Corrections. [...] |
 Constitutional Amendment Seeks to End Religious Discrimination Against Churches, Religious SchoolsState Sen. Scott Rupp (R-Wentzville) and State Rep. Shane Schoeller (R-Willard) are proposing legislation to repeal a provision in the Missouri Constitution that for more than 100 years has been used as a pretext to deny basic public services to children who attend religious schools. The so-called Blaine Amendment in the Missouri Constitution has created [...] |
 Gov. Nixon Proposes Budget Cuts for Medicaid, Colleges in State of State AddressOn Tuesday night, Gov. Nixon delivered his state of the state address before a packed House chamber of state senators and representatives. The governor called for more than $500 million in state budget cuts. Under the governor’s proposed 2013 budget, some 816 government jobs would be eliminated. Funding for public universities would be cut by [...] |
 U.S. Bishops Vow to Fight HHS EdictWASHINGTON—The Catholic bishops of the United States called “literally unconscionable” a decision by the Obama Administration to continue to demand that sterilization, abortifacients and contraception be included in virtually all health plans. Friday’s announcement means that this mandate and its very narrow exemption will not change at all; instead there will only be a delay [...] |
 MU Economist Touts Catholic Schools in Addressing Urban Education IllsIt is serendipitous that the Missouri Legislature has gone back to work this month, just in time for the kick-off of national School Choice Week (Jan. 22). One of the many challenges our lawmakers face is what to do regarding the Saint Louis and Kansas City public school districts. The Missouri Supreme Court ruled in [...] |
 MCC Speaks Out Against Immigration BillIn a Missouri Senate committee hearing on Tuesday, advocates for immigrants voiced their opposition to a bill (SB 590) that would require schools to check students’ immigration status and send that information to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Will Kraus (R- Lee’s Summit), would also make it [...] |
 Abortions in Missouri Down in 2011Missouri State Health Department figures show that Missouri women had 1,019 fewer abortions in 2010 than in 2009, a 9.4 percent decrease. The 9,796 abortions performed in Missouri in 2010 also represented the fewest number of abortions performed in the Show-Me state since 1973. This is great news! In addition, Planned Parenthood of St. Louis, [...] |
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