A bill in Missouri has allowed millions of tax dollars to be funneled into fighting abortion, by giving people tax credits for donating money to anti-abortion pregnancy resource centers.
this year estimated the state had issued more than $44 million to centers since 2010, third most of any state behind Texas and Pennsylvania.
Legislators and advocates on both sides of the abortion debate said they were surprised by the increase in the tax credits that were issued. Even the bill’s sponsor in the state Senate said he was unaware of the $7 million in tax credits for one quarter. “I would have expected that for an annual number,” said Sen. Andrew Koenig, a Republican from St. Louis’ western suburbs.
“It pretty much didn’t matter what the cost was,” he said in a text, “they were going to pass the bill.” Rieman said the Office of Administration, which coordinates management of the state, did not provide information about how much the program’s cost could exceed the minimum estimate or consider the costs of removing the program’s end date. The office did not respond to questions fromRieman said the experience was “a clear example of a policy that was passed by the General Assembly and Governor without any real public process or consideration of what the fiscal impact would be to the state.
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