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rulemylife -> RE: South Dakota May Legalize Murdering Abortion Doctors (2/20/2011 3:23:03 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Aylee
I am not sure if you read the updates to the article, but it looks like they may be changing the bill to protect abortion doctors.
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UPDATE 3: Jensen met with South Dakota attorney general Marty Jackley Wednesday morning and now says he may drop the bill entirely, the Rapid City Journal reports. Any consideration of the measure has been postponed to next Tuesday while Jensen decides on his next move. Another option under consideration, according to the Journal, is "amend[ing] the bill to make it clear that abortion providers don't fall under HB1171's purview." Jensen could do that pretty easily:
Where HB1171 says homicide is justifiable while resisting an attempt to harm a fetus "to a degree likely to result in the death of the unborn child," Jensen could insert four words: "to a degree that is unlawful and likely to result..."
The bill was dropped, but that doesn't alter the intentions of the legislation.
To say this was benign and had no political motivation is just deluding yourself.
In Jensen's own words:
Jensen insisted the bill "has nothing to do with abortion" and would merely bar prosecutors from pressing charges against a family member who kills an assailant attacking a pregnant relative.
"Let's say an ex-boyfriend finds out his ex-girlfriend is pregnant with his baby and decides to beat on her abdomen to kill the unborn child," Jensen said. "This is an illegal act and the purpose of this bill is to bring continuity to South Dakota code as it relates to the unborn child."
Because I'm sure there are countless cases in South Dakota where this type of thing happens on a daily basis. [8|]
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