REPRESENTATIVE PHIL AMATO IS THE SPONSOR. HE WANTS TO REDUCE THE COST OF ADOPTIONS AND STREAMLINE THE PROCESS. I GAVE THESE ADOPTED ADOPTION ATTORNEYS A BLANK CANVAS AND SAID, PAINT YOUR PAINT THE ...

Republican state Rep. Phil Amato largely deferred questions about his “Save MO Babies Act” during a Children and Families Committee hearing to Gerard Harms, an adoption attorney who wrote the ...

Among a field of eight fillies and mares signed on for Saturday’s Grade 3 Santa Ana Stakes going 1 ¼ miles on turf is Starry ...

The author wasn’t the bill sponsor, state Rep. Phil Amato, R-Arnold. Instead, Gerard Harms, an adoption attorney from the Lake of the Ozarks area, took credit for the idea. “We’re looking at ...

Republican Phil Amato, who represents part of Jefferson County, presented his "Save MO Babies Act" to the House Children and Families Committee. The bill proposes a registry for pregnant women ...

The Save MO Babies Act, introduced by Republican state Rep. Phil Amato, would require Missouri, starting July 1, 2026, to “maintain a central registry of each expectant mother who is at risk for ...

House Bill 807, nicknamed the “Save MO Babies Act,” was proposed by Rep. Phil Amato, R-Arnold. The bill summary states that if passed, the state would create a registry of every expectant ...

Phil Amato. The bill summary states that, if passed, Missouri would create a registry of every expecting mother in the state “who is at risk for seeking an abortion” starting July 1 ...