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A Missouri Republican lawmaker on Wednesday scrapped a bill that would allow for women to be charged with murder for getting an abortion in the state after facing intense criticism. State Rep. Bob Titus, a Billings Republican, formally withdrew the legislation just two days after President Joe Biden’s campaign hammered the legislation, calling it “cruel and draconian.” Vice President Kamala Harris also criticized it on social media as “outrageous.” Titus told The Star late Tuesday night that he was withdrawing the legislation, saying in a text that the “media has mischaracterized my interest a…

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