Louisiana Advances Bill Classifying Abortion As Murder

The Lafayette Daily Advertiser reports:

A Louisiana legislative committee on Wednesday advanced a bill to make abortion a crime of homicide in which the mother or those assisting her in terminating the pregnancy can be charged.

The measure cleared the House Appropriations Committee on a 7-2 vote despite at least one of the representatives voting in favor acknowledging the bill is unconstitutional.

Rep. Danny McCormick said his House Bill 813 should move forward even though the U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to overturn Roe v. Wade that guarantees abortion rights as soon as June, according to an opinion leaked from the high court this week.

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McCormick last appeared on JMG in 2020 when he used a chainsaw to destroy a face mask, saying, “People who don’t wear masks will be soon painted as the enemy just as they did to Jews in Nazi Germany. If the government has the power to force you to wear a mask they can force you to stick a needle in your arm against your will. They can put a microchip in you. They can even make you take the mark. ”