MO Bills Allow Murder Charge For Having An Abortion

The Kansas City Star reports:

Missouri Republican lawmakers are pushing a pair of bills that would allow for women to be charged with murder for getting an abortion in the state.

The proposed legislation would give fetuses the same rights as human beings, which would allow for criminal charges to be filed against anyone who gets an abortion, helps someone get an abortion or provides abortion care in the state, which implemented a near-total ban on the procedure after last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Sen. Mike Moon, R-Ash Grove, and Rep. Bob Titus, R-Billings, pre-filed the bills ahead of next year’s legislative session, which begins next month. The bills do allow for a “duress” defense if a woman is charged with murder for getting an abortion.

Read the full article. Missouri is one of 27 states with the death penalty and has carried out around two dozen executions in the last decade.

State Rep. Mike Moon recently appeared here for saying that 12-year-olds should be able to marry with parental permission. In February 2023, Moon introduced a K-12 “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

Moon first appeared here in 2017 when he slaughtered a chicken on Facebook Live because abortion is bad.

“Missouri Republican lawmakers are pushing a pair of bills that would allow for women to be charged with murder for getting an abortion in the state.” https://t.co/7u6JuH9ssW

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 10, 2023