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Sponsors ask committee to bar state funding for abortion, assisted suicide and executions

5534041 · March 5, 2025
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Representatives Schmidt and Matthews asked the Judiciary Committee to advance House Bill 72, which would prohibit state funding of abortions, assisted suicide and executions; sponsors framed the bill as a unified pro‑life fiscal policy and cited wrongful‑conviction concerns and public spending priorities.

Representatives Schmidt and Matthews presented sponsor testimony for House Bill 72, a measure that would prohibit state funding of abortions, assisted‑suicide medical aid in dying, and executions. Sponsors framed the bill as a unified fiscal and moral stance that would align state spending with “pro‑life” principles.

Representative Schmidt, who described meeting exonerees and reading accounts of wrongful…

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