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This bill makes several key changes to Missouri law, primarily focusing on judicial proceedings and abortion-related interventions. First, it introduces a new section defining abortion, pro-life individuals/organizations, and unborn children, and grants pro-life individuals and organizations the right to intervene in legal actions involving abortion or unborn child rights. The first pro-life organization to intervene would represent the unborn child's rights and be able to file necessary legal pleadings, while subsequent organizations can submit amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs. Additionally, the bill modifies the jurisdictional boundaries of the Southern District of the Court of Appeals by adding Cole and Miller counties. It also changes the number of judges in the Western and Southern Districts of the Court of Appeals, reducing the Western District from eleven to seven judges and increasing the Southern District from seven to ten judges. These changes aim to adjust judicial resources and provide additional legal avenues for pro-life advocacy in abortion-related legal proceedings.

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