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