Right to protect unborn child?
A bill is being passed in oklahoma giving a woman the right to use deadly force to protect her unborn child. I for one thought that was a given but apparently it was not. So here's my question if legally a fetus is not a human then why should someone be able to use deadly force to protect it? Also does anyone think this is contradicting abortion laws by making giving the baby the right to live? IMO we are saying that what classifies a baby as human in the womb is whether the mom wants it or not. Any thoughts?
The bill was crafted after a Michigan woman who was carrying quadruplets stabbed and killed her boyfriend after he struck her in the stomach. The woman lost the babies and was convicted of manslaughter.
"Pregnant women who refuse to abort their child are too often attacked by their partner in an effort to force a miscarriage," said state Rep. Mike Thompson, who co-authored the bill after Americans United for Life asked him. "Women put in this position should have the legal right to defend themselves, with lethal force if necessary."
State Sen. Glenn Coffee said the measure will allow victims of domestic violence defend themselves and their unborn children.
"Unfortunately, the unborn child is often the primary target of domestic violence," Coffee said in a statement. "Domestic violence has been acknowledged as a primary cause of stillbirths and miscarriages."
A bill is being passed in oklahoma giving a woman the right to use deadly force to protect her unborn child. I for one thought that was a given but apparently it was not. So here's my question if legally a fetus is not a human then why should someone be able to use deadly force to protect it? Also does anyone think this is contradicting abortion laws by making giving the baby the right to live? IMO we are saying that what classifies a baby as human in the womb is whether the mom wants it or not. Any thoughts?
The bill was crafted after a Michigan woman who was carrying quadruplets stabbed and killed her boyfriend after he struck her in the stomach. The woman lost the babies and was convicted of manslaughter.
"Pregnant women who refuse to abort their child are too often attacked by their partner in an effort to force a miscarriage," said state Rep. Mike Thompson, who co-authored the bill after Americans United for Life asked him. "Women put in this position should have the legal right to defend themselves, with lethal force if necessary."
State Sen. Glenn Coffee said the measure will allow victims of domestic violence defend themselves and their unborn children.
"Unfortunately, the unborn child is often the primary target of domestic violence," Coffee said in a statement. "Domestic violence has been acknowledged as a primary cause of stillbirths and miscarriages."