#2) The Planned Parenthood Investigation

In 2015, videos from California appeared to show planned parenthood employees discussing the sale of post-abortion body parts.

The videos led many republican lawmakers in Missouri to launch an investigation into the state’s Planned Parenthood facilities.

Missouri’s Attorney General also investigated the videos and found they did not prove any wrong-doing in the state of Missouri.

Nevertheless, several bills were filled that more strictly regulate the disposal of aborted fetuses.

The legislature also included an item in the budget that strips Missouri Planned Parenthood clinics of their medicaid reimbursement qualifications.

The following graph outlines how lawmakers from mid-Missouri voted on the fetal tissue donation bills as well as the planned parenthood budget item.

Sen. Kurt Schaefer – Boone (R) YES Sen. Mike Kehoe – Cole (R) YES Rep. Caleb Rowden – Boone (R) YES Rep. Caleb Jones – Boone (R) YES Rep. Chuck Basye – Boone (R) YES Rep. Jay Barnes – Cole (R) YES Rep. Kip Kendrick – Boone (D) NO Rep. Stephen Webber – Boone (D) NO