From the article:
A bill making its way through the North Carolina Legislature states it would be permissible for a person to use deadly force on a woman they believe is seeking an abortion, something Democrats have branded as “wildly extreme.”
The legislation, now only backed by Republican State Representative Keith Kidwell, would classify abortion as first-degree murder and open up the right of another person to defend the life of the unborn baby as they see fit.
“Any person has the right to defend his or her own life or the life of another person, even by the use of deadly force if necessary, from willful destruction by another person,” the bill reads. “The State has an interest and a duty to defend innocent persons from willful destruction of their lives and to punish those who take the lives of persons, born or unborn, who have not committed any crime punishable by death.”
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/republican-bill-deadly-force-stop-abortions-north-carolina-12005136
Nothing says being pro-unborn-child like murdering the mother while she’s pregnant. That’d really protect the fetus.
Who am I kidding? It’s really a cover hoping that someone will storm in and kill the doctors.
Okay, aside from the obvious “that would also kill the fetus,” that’s also some really dangerous wording…
“permissible” implies there would be no accountability
“a person” implies that anyone would be permitted to do it
“use deadly force” implies that they can literally murder pregnant mothers
“on a woman they believe is seeking an abortion” implies that they don’t need any solid evidence; only the mere belief is enough.
Put it all together, and this bill would give any person in the state free license to murder any pregnant woman, or potentially any woman, for any reason, as long as they claim that they believed she was seeking an abortion.
If anyone needs me to explain why that’s bad, then they might be suffering from some sort of brain damage or other cognitive impairment.
Only in a fascist hellscape could a bill like this become law.
This could also extend to killing men that you think are about to murder a woman.
Any man could be about to murder a woman they think is pregnant, and anyone has the right to protect their life or another’s.
This is just legalizing murder, full stop.
They wouldn’t interpret it that way, but a plain reading of the text supports it.
Tell me this isn’t going pass and only sponsor by a fucking nut GOP rep?
Well, seeing as it’s the North Carolina state legislature we’re talking about, I wouldn’t exactly bet on them doing the right thing…