Sep 12
The Republican-controlled Missouri State Legislature voted on Wednesday to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s (D) veto of a bill that would allow employers and insurers to refuse to cover birth control, abortion or sterilization for moral reasons.
The State Senate overrode the governor’s veto by a vote of of 26-6, while the House, which needed 109 votes to override, barely did so, by a vote of 109-45.
Nixon said at a press conference in July that he vetoed the bill because “we want families making these decisions, not insurance companies.”
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