At a Missouri Children and Families Committee hearing this week, what was supposed to be an open forum for residents to speak out against HJR 73 — legislation aiming to ban abortion with limited exceptions — quickly turned restrictive when committee chair and state Rep.
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Rep. Jones let the first few speakers have two minutes each but afterward limited everyone else to simply stating whether they supported or opposed the bill. Her reason? 'We are not going to spend and belabor the points of either side all evening.'