fine i mean, it s already illegal under both state and federal law in missouri to provide obscene material to children but opponents of this measur say it has led to hundreds o books ranging from the blues eye bye tony morrison to the handmaid s tale by margare atwood to the children s bible being pulled from shelves. they also say it s created a chilling effect amon librarians who now have to contend with the possibility o jail time while doing thei jobs st. louis public radio reports one librarian in a missour school, in the wentzvill missouri school district was visited twice, twice by police officer over complaints from parents that librarian, who didn t wan to be named over concerns fo her safety, described th experiences as scary and surreal. the aclu of missouri on behalf
material to children but opponents of this measure sa it has led to hundreds of book ranging from the blue side b tony morrison to the handmaid tale by margaret atwood to the children s bible being pulle from shelves they also say it is created chilling effect amon librarians who now have to contend with the possibility o jail time while doing thei jobs st. louis public radio reports one librarian in a missour school, in the wentzvill missouri school district was visited twice, twice by police officer over complaints from parents that librarian, who didn t wan to be named over concerns fo her safety, described th experience as scary an surreal. the aclu of missouri on behalf of to missouri library associations, with more than 1000 members, filed a lawsui requesting the court fin missouri s book banned and
of them won. that s one of the reasons one of the main reasons why the narrow, tiny, tiny majority that kevin mccarthy now has so i think this is stupi politics it s horrendous policy it puts women s lives at risk. and if you can get big pharm and senator smith on the same page - senator smith - you really are building coalition of people who have had enough and when they realize it is no just this drug but any drug, we re gonna have doctors running around suing t overturn decisions that the fd made years ago this is insanity as we said at the beginning of the show, people are saying we are not gonna take. it brittany packnett cunningham, jennifer rubin, thank you fo beginning our discussion tonight. when we come back, the republican book banning frenzy continues. republicans in missouri have threatened to defund all the
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of two missouri librar associations, with more than 1000 members, filed a lawsui requesting the court fin missouri s book banned and unconstitutional and render it unenforceable. in response to those lawsuits, missouri state house republicans voted to advance a budget bill that would defun all of the states public libraries by cutting the fou four point $5 million allocate by the governor for the states libraries. come on, now turning now, missour democratic state representativ peter merideth, also with us katie earnhart, librarian at the cape girardeau publi library. that seeks to essentiall defund libraries that s right. even just hearing you talk about the facts right now, wal through the circumstances, it hard to believe. that s how we felt when it was