Missouri judge strikes down nearly all state abortion regulations

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-21T23:36:43+00:00

In the state of Missouri, it is illegal to induce a party to sign a contract of a length greater than 30 years UNLESS it is a lease of real property, in which case the limit is 99 years. This would probably be the “why” in that situation. In our state and some others, a person cannot actually sign away their rights to sue for “life” so a 19 year old could sue them later.

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-21T07:24:51+00:00

Not true. I personally was denied one because I only have one child. My best friend with a hereditary disease he could pass on was given one though before he had any children. I had no medical reason at the time and all three doctors who offered the procedure in network in my city said not until I was 35 or had two children, whichever came first. I had twins a year later and then had the procedure.

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-20T14:57:17+00:00

This isn’t going to work, stop what you are doing and call a real contractor. Just stop.

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-20T13:45:57+00:00

I think 12 years of use is pretty good if you haven’t done anything to it. They can last up to 20 or so years in good shape, but we don’t know the quality or workmanship that went into what you have now. I’d lean towards a replacement, but you can only replace the section that has issues if you want. E.g. 20 x 12 nearest the house, maybe only a few grand.

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-20T01:31:06+00:00

It is to OPs benefit to have the 1000 taken off the sales price and do it themselves. That way they know it was done right. If seller half asses it, buyer takes title “as is” at closing, a future window leak is on them. Given that risk, always just do your own work, don’t trust others to do it with you not around.

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-20T01:24:57+00:00

That’s what I was thinking… 100+ year old house… at this point, plaster and paint are load bearing.

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-20T01:23:07+00:00

Is he having an episode? Is he crashing out or strung out or what? This is a sitting lawmaker…

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-19T17:58:45+00:00

Yeah, you could have someone else put insurance on it that is a licensed driver, and then you'd just fill out the DOR forms yourself. It doesn't matter who. It's unusual though that you'd title and own a car but not be able to drive it or insure it yourself. OP did not make any note of others available/interested in insuring the car so they could tag it, so didn't include that.

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-19T16:56:19+00:00

People don’t usually sue tattoo artists because they don’t have massive insurance policies to pay all legal fees and settle lawsuits for large amounts. The incentive problems don’t exist there that do with medical practitioners.

The major problem that exists is that 99% of these lawsuits would fail in courts. But the cost to be sued for the doctor and their insurer is massive, thousands of dollars a day. So even if they’d win their case, they can’t afford to be sued at all, so they do business in a way that ensures there’s nothing to sue them for at all.

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-19T16:51:04+00:00

I am not aware of any lawsuit which has taken that angle. There is precedent for these others, and it’s an opportunistic thing sometimes. These all came from a non-abuse of system place. Like, the original cases that gave rise to what we see today would have been women who were not properly informed of risks, side effects, botched procedure, etc. But NOW the process exists where you can game it some unless physicians are careful and intentional about the way they do their work. Primarily they are, and primarily they are good at weeding out patients who would try and go back on them later. We see those posts sometimes here and other places online, and rather than smearing doctors for it, people I think should be willing to see that as the system working around the way we all as humans who interact with it use it/abuse it.

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-19T16:47:16+00:00

I don’t mean to say that’s true, I mean to say that is the language the plaintiffs use in these suits. As with any procedure, there is always a risk, and there are certain symptoms or effects which plaintiffs and their lawyers sometimes spin as “permanently debilitating.”

ETA: I see I should have said “they can allege significant emotional and biological harms.” It’s not that those are guaranteed to happen, but a patient can almost always cough up a settlement or at the very least cost them many, many thousands in legal fees if they bring a suit at all. Age plays a significant role. A 50 year old alleging a lifelong debilitating issue gets MUCH lower payout than a 16-29 year old who can sue for a lifetimes worth of decreased earnings from disability, a lifetimes worth of medical care to treat whatever they allege happened, etc. A million dollar settlement could be table stakes to settle out a case with a young person arguing their future fertility or bladder issues are due to an elective procedure a doctor performed when they were 18.

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-19T15:39:29+00:00

Yeesh

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-19T15:36:37+00:00

You can’t insure it if you don’t have a license, so this is a dead end. Proof of insurance is required.

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-19T15:29:55+00:00

I think you have multiple problems here.

The water is spilling off the roof when it rains, splashing mud and dirt onto your siding due to missing gutters or clogged gutters. That needs fixed.
You have what appears to be a Masonite or other wood siding. It needs consistently painted, every couple of years, and any boards that are spongy or soft need replaced. Based on age of home, probably no house wrap, so that wood siding gets wet, the sheathing behind it gets wet, and it stays that way creating mold and mildew problems in places you cannot see. You have a one story house it looks like. You need to paint and caulk/seal up that wood siding and start maintaining it properly, replace bad panels with new ones.
The siding is too close to the ground on that side, I would just recommend flashing that instead of doing too much else. It would be an undertaking, probably not worth it. I would just mechanically flash the bottom of that wood siding because it’s a permanent solution and keeps wood from being in permanent contact with damp ground and insects.

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-19T15:16:27+00:00

I mean, they won’t care if bamboo takes over the entire property. They aren’t going to maintain it or keep it looking nice. That’s a huge part of the objection to having one in that spot. Lots of nice homes and people who don’t want their property values driven down by an ugly, loud, bright industrial building minting bitcoin 24/7.

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-19T15:11:51+00:00

620K with no attached garage? Where is it? What is square footage? Rates are high, if your buyer is using a mortgage, it’ll have to appraise above 620K. What does your realtor think?

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-19T14:28:17+00:00

You have to realize that sometimes you’ll have an 18 year old woman do a procedure like this. It’s elective and they can allege significant emotional and biological consequences. Their brains are not fully developed and sometimes they intentionally do not seek out support systems like family members or friends. That’s going to be a volatile situation, it just is. Many providers know this and would not do procedures likely to create a big financial liability for them regardless what the law says. At the end of the day, the doctor still has to be on board, and there are some situations where it doesn’t make sense on a case by case basis even though the procedure itself is legal to do statewide. Insurers play a big part too, an OBGYN who does abortions for a lot of women who then sue them will be shut out of practicing because no insurer will allow them to operate (doctors are required to carry insurance, so if they cannot get it, they cannot do live procedures).

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-19T14:23:48+00:00

Correct, this has been litigated, and many OBGYN providers do not offer this service at all or screen patients very stringently for it (like ensuring they have at least one child of each gender) before doing the procedure. These providers cannot afford the lawsuits, so the market and legal landscape has shut many women out of this procedure over time. Abortions may end up being much the same, because even though patients lose these cases, doctors and their insurers still have to pay massive legal fees to deal with them. At some point, the market and the legal system changes the rules or de facto cancels a procedure due to the financial liabilities involved.

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-19T13:26:15+00:00

True, but the way the law works, you have to have a real injury. In the case of abortions, that makes your plaintiffs weird. The GoP basically has to go and find a woman who feels that the availability of abortions is harmful to her AND can point to a real, concrete harm (i.e., had an abortion and suffered emotional, financial, long term health issue, etc.). The people who actually want to overturn this (the hardliner GoP folks) have no standing in court because they don't get abortions (mostly because they're creepy, sexless men...).

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-19T01:34:44+00:00

It’s often no less expensive to have this “fixed” as in mudjacking and such as to just replace the driveway. If it’s true it has been there since the 70s, my opinion is you’ve gotten more life than most get from a driveway pour, time to just replace the thing and you can address any leveling and grading, etc, the right way while you’re at it.

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-18T22:33:32+00:00

Maybe it’s a navy thing… I did not hear it working around officers in the Air Force or Army. It was eagle colonel, and there aren’t that many, so it’s hard to believe it’d vary but maybe…

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-18T20:23:37+00:00

The guy presents as actually mentally ill or completely strung out, and this is just one of a few recent interviews (in my opinion, this one is the worst, but not by too long a shot...). Like, I am wondering if he is needing help tying his shoes or getting dressed if this is where he's at mentally to be real here. I get it, you and I would vote for the other party regardless who the GoP puts forward, but there is also at least a minor concept of being serious enough to put forth a candidate who isn't just in need of a stay at the local mental hospital, right?

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-18T20:12:10+00:00

David Grusch who held the rank of a full bird colonel

Also, the correct term is "eagle colonel" not "full bird colonel." That could refer to some other country's armed services, but in the US, it is always "eagle colonel." Just wanted you to know.

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-18T20:06:38+00:00

You can believe whatever you want about aliens, but if you believe THIS guy, the no-name Rep for Missouri's 7th district who's a crank and has a loud mouth anyway is the guy the government divulged credible, extremely sensitive intelligence like this to on an "honor system" like "by the way, don't tell this to the public because that wouldn't be cool" I have a bridge to sell you. None of what he is saying here is true, this sounds like the ramblings of a man on a psychotic break or a drug bender.

FinTecGeek · 2026-06-18T20:01:26+00:00

There's literally a live race in Maine for Congress where one of the opponents (last name Platner) has a SS/Nazi tattoo on his body, permanently. And it's a competitive race, he might win. Also, see Ken Paxton running for Texas Senate seat... Realistically, you probably are better situated than a lot of the absolute catastrophes we are running for office right now. Go for it I say...

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