Mike Parson appointed a former judge who has supported an anti-abortion pregnancy centre — and been disciplined for publicly doing so — to an administrative panel that could handle a licensing dispute with the state’s only abortion clinic. The Missouri Supreme Court in 2015 reprimanded former Macon County Associate Circuit Judge Philip Prewitt for encouraging people to donate to local charities on Facebook, including Ray of Hope Pregnancy Care Ministeries, an anti-abortion non-profit. When he was serving as an associate judge in 2014, he supported Ray of Hope on his Facebook page. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW“I am happy to be supporting Ray of Hope Pregnancy Center again at their fundraising dinner,” the post read. He said the governor’s office was aware of Prewitt’s previous reprimand, but noted that the Supreme Court did not go further to suspend or revoke his license.

Source: thestar June 17, 2019 20:26 UTC