MOmentum for Change: Voices of the Missouri Movement
Aug 4, 2026 · 1 hr · 12 segments
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Cecily WilliamsGuest
Nora MosbyHost
Um, how incredible to start off with three po- policies in mind that you wanted to change and to have success.
Um, so I really wanna hear about what those policies were and what you think contributed to the success that you were able to have, making these kind of large policy change happen.
So the three different policies, of course, number one was to allow a dissolution of marriage while a woman is pregnant.
Um, I know that there are a lot of situations where it may not be smart for a pregnant woman to get divorced, and, and it still is up to the people who are getting the divorce.
And so for me, it was important that we don't make a medical, um, situation a reason why someone can't find their independence.
And, um, so for-- that was, that was my number one, was to make sure that we allowed pregnant women to get divorced in the state of Missouri.
The second one was, um, I knew back in '24 that the GP- the tracking of violent offenders or repeat, um, uh, restraining-- those who have restraining orders on them, the repeat offenders, that the GPS monitoring of them, that had sunset.
It was only for 10 years, and my goal was to bring that back and make sure that the sunset was either extended for another 10 years or removed in its entirety.
And, um, I got some pushback in the House on that, so we left it at 10 years.
But when it went to the Senate, they removed the 10 years, and then it came back to the House, and everyone was fine with it at that point.
So [chuckles] it was, uh-- But, um, that was one of them, was knowing that if you're the person who you had your-- the restraining order against, the ex parte against, that especially in rural areas, it would take about 45 minutes for an officer to arrive at your home after you called in for the violation of the restraining order.
Having the GPS, you know, where the person could get equipped with a GPS tracker, and then you would get notification that your aggressor is in, you know, could be violating the perimeter of if it was 1,000 feet or what have you, um, would provide, number one, if they continue to come forward, um, and continue to violate, it would alert the authorities that h- this person was violating.
Um, so if you weren't able to make it to a phone, then there would already be a contact if there-- the advance was still coming on.
And it could be, you know, this could be something super innocent, like say if you're at a county fair and you're both there and you don't know that your aggressor is there, and, and as an aggressor, you don't know that your victim is there.
Um, how incredible to start off with three po- policies in mind that you wanted to change and to have success.
Um, so I really wanna hear about what those policies were and what you think contributed to the success that you were able to have, making these kind of large policy change happen.
So the three different policies, of course, number one was to allow a dissolution of marriage while a woman is pregnant.
Um, I know that there are a lot of situations where it may not be smart for a pregnant woman to get divorced, and, and it still is up to the people who are getting the divorce.
And so for me, it was important that we don't make a medical, um, situation a reason why someone can't find their independence.
And, um, so for-- that was, that was my number one, was to make sure that we allowed pregnant women to get divorced in the state of Missouri.
The second one was, um, I knew back in '24 that the GP- the tracking of violent offenders or repeat, um, uh, restraining-- those who have restraining orders on them, the repeat offenders, that the GPS monitoring of them, that had sunset.
It was only for 10 years, and my goal was to bring that back and make sure that the sunset was either extended for another 10 years or removed in its entirety.
And, um, I got some pushback in the House on that, so we left it at 10 years.
But when it went to the Senate, they removed the 10 years, and then it came back to the House, and everyone was fine with it at that point.
So [chuckles] it was, uh-- But, um, that was one of them, was knowing that if you're the person who you had your-- the restraining order against, the ex parte against, that especially in rural areas, it would take about 45 minutes for an officer to arrive at your home after you called in for the violation of the restraining order.
Having the GPS, you know, where the person could get equipped with a GPS tracker, and then you would get notification that your aggressor is in, you know, could be violating the perimeter of if it was 1,000 feet or what have you, um, would provide, number one, if they continue to come forward, um, and continue to violate, it would alert the authorities that h- this person was violating.
Um, so if you weren't able to make it to a phone, then there would already be a contact if there-- the advance was still coming on.
And it could be, you know, this could be something super innocent, like say if you're at a county fair and you're both there and you don't know that your aggressor is there, and, and as an aggressor, you don't know that your victim is there.
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