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A bill making its way through the North Carolina Legislature states it would be permissible for a person to use deadly force on a woman they believe is seeking an abortion, something Democrats have branded as "wildly extreme."

The legislation, now only backed by Republican State Representative Keith Kidwell, would classify abortion as first-degree murder and open up the right of another person to defend the life of the unborn baby as they see fit.

"Any person has the right to defend his or her own life or the life of another person, even by the use of deadly force if necessary, from willful destruction by another person," the bill reads. "The State has an interest and a duty to defend innocent persons from willful destruction of their lives and to punish those who take the lives of persons, born or unborn, who have not committed any crime punishable by death."

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/republican-bill-deadly-force-stop-abortions-north-carolina-12005136

Nothing says being pro-unborn-child like murdering the mother while she's pregnant. That'd really protect the fetus.

Who am I kidding? It's really a cover hoping that someone will storm in and kill the doctors.

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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Wait a second... If someone is going to kill the mother, they are almost certainly killing the fetus. Therefore wouldn't it be totally legal to shoot anyone who is trying to shoot a pregnant woman as your defending the fetus too?