Report: Missouri Bills Could Force Police To Go After Women Who Have Abortions – By Jake Thomas (The Intellectualist) / Feb 6 2020
Proposals by state Rep. Mike Moon would redefine abortion as murder and require “affirmative enforcement” by police.
Another Republican state lawmaker is looking to deny women the right to an abortion, this time in Missouri — and this time with legal ramifications on par with murder.
Missouri state Rep. Mike Moon recently proposed two bills, according to Vice News, each targeting abortion: one bill would treat fertilized eggs as human beings from the moment of conception, granting all the rights that go along with the designation; and the other would reclassify abortion as murder under the law.
“The Right to Due Process Act” would establish “that fetuses are protected by the due process clause of Missouri’s constitution,” which orders that “no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.”
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