Mary Elizabeth Coleman

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Mary Elizabeth Coleman
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
from the 97th district
Assumed office
January 2019
Preceded byMike Revis
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Chris
Children6
EducationSaint Louis University (BSBA)
St. Mary's University (JD)

Mary Elizabeth Coleman is an American attorney, politician, and activist serving as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 97th district. Elected in November 2018, she assumed office in January 2019.

Early life and education[]

Coleman was raised in Georgetown, Texas. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Saint Louis University and a Juris Doctor from St. Mary's University School of Law.[1]

Career[]

From 2007 to 2009, Coleman worked as an associate at Oppenheimer, Blend, Harrison and Tate. She was then a member of the Arnold, Missouri City Council. Coleman operated an independent law firm from 2009 to 2015 and joined TuckerAllen in 2015. Coleman has also worked for the Thomas More Society, an anti-abortion law firm.

Coleman was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in November 2018 and assumed office in January 2019. She also serves as chair of the House Children and Families Committee.[2] In December 2021, Coleman introduced a bill that would ban abortion in Missouri after eight weeks, modeled after the Texas Heartbeat Act.[3][4] In 2022, Coleman proposed that Missouri women who leave the state to get an abortion should be prohibited from doing so.[5]

In February 2022, Coleman declared her candidacy for a seat in the Missouri Senate.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Representative Mary Elizabeth Coleman". house.mo.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ^ "Mary Coleman (Missouri)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Kitchener, Caroline. "The new face of the antiabortion movement is a young mom of 6 who listens to Lizzo". www.thelily.com. Retrieved 2022-01-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "State Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman sees Texas as a model in her quest to ban abortion in Missouri". KCUR 89.3. 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Missouri lawmaker seeks to prohibit residents from obtaining abortions out of state". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  6. ^ Gerber, Cameron (2021-02-08). "Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman running for Senate in 2022". The Missouri Times. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
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