Looks like the bill is stating the child's mother has the right to defend her unborn child. While I am sure someone would try to use this as a defense, I am not sure it would stand up at all.
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > How long until someone in OK kills an abortion clinic worker, and tried to > argue this as excusing it? > > I give it 2 months after passage. Any other guesses? > > http://www.koco.com/cnn-news/19082604/detail.html > > Bill Lets Moms-To-Be Kill To Save BabyMeasure Would Authorize Deadly Force > If Unborn Child's Life At Risk > > The bill stems from a Michigan case where a woman who was carrying > quadruplets stabbed and killed her boyfriend after he hit her in the > stomach. The woman lost the babies and was convicted of > manslaughter.Oklahoma lawmakers said they want to make sure that a woman > can > legally protect her unborn child."Unfortunately, we feel we need > legislation > like this," said Rep. Mike Thompson. "What we want to make sure is that a > woman feels safe and secure defending herself and her unborn child against > any attacker." > The group Americans United for Life came to state lawmakers and asked for > the bill that Thompson co-authored. It's called the Use of Force For the > Protection of the Unborn Act."You have the right to use lethal force, if > needed, to protect your unborn baby," he said.Oklahoma already has a law > allowing a person to use force to protect himself or another person from > someone else. The new bill includes an unborn child as "another" person. > Oklahoma has also had a law covering the murder of unborn babies since > 2005."Anytime a bill encourages a woman to be safe, we stand by that," said > the YWCA's Josh Beasley.He said the statistics about the abuse of pregnant > women are startling."It is good to see legislators educating themselves on > this issue," Beasley said. "Domestic violence is the second-leading cause > of > death among (pregnant) women nationwide, so it's good they are taking the > issue seriously and wanting to do something about it."The bill has already > passed the House and Senate with no opposition and is back in the Senate > for > a final vote. If it passes, as expected, it will go to the governor's desk. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:293924 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
