The Utah House and Senate have approved a bill that would bring charges of homicide against pregnant women who arrange to have their unborn child killed through illegal methods. HB 12 was advanced in response to a local case last May, in which a pregnant teenager allegedly paid a man to kill her unborn child at seven months' gestation by punching her stomach.
The teen was charged with attempted murder but released after a judge concluded her efforts were simply an abortion attempt, despite the illegally late gestational age.
Pro-abortion critics lambasted the measure, claiming that the bill "criminalizes miscarriage." A sponsor of the bill pointed out, however that the legislation addresses the specific instance of women directly procuring the death of their child, outside the legal abortion limits. LifeSiteNews
Editor: I still question the advisability of bills like this, that do just what the pro-aborts always accuse of -- wanting to send women to jail. Let's criminalize abortion first, or at least put in place protections of the unborn. What do you think?
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