They’re rushing to get even more draconian abortion laws on the books
It’s getting very Gilead in here. Louisiana state house Republicans justvote out a “fetal personhood” bill making abortion a crime of homicide from the moment of fertilization. The bill could allow prosecutors to charge patients with murder along with anyone who aids and abets them.
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.
“We can’t wait on the Supreme Court,” said McCormick, a Republican from Oil City.
McCormick’s bill says the unborn should be protected at fertilization.
He said the Rev. Brian Gunter of First Baptist Church in Livingston helped author the bill.
“No compromises; no more waiting,” Gunter said. “The bloodshed in our land is so great we have a duty … to protect the least of these among us.”
Bradley Pierce of the Foundation to Abolish Abortion said state legislatures have the right to ignore the U.S. Supreme Court if they disagree with any high court decision.
“If the Supreme Court ignores the (U.S.) Constitution, you should ignore the court,” Pierce said. “The Legislature has the right to disregard the Supreme Court.”
Opponents argued the bill would not only put the mother and doctor at risk of murder prosecution but criminalize in vitro fertilization and perhaps some forms of birth control.
Ellie Schilling, an abortion rights attorney, said the bill would “annihilate” the Constitution.
As Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern wrote, “when abortion is outlawed, every uterus becomes a potential crime scene.”
Also, note the language these neanderthals have all picked up about the supremacy of state legislatures from the Trumpers. Apparently, they think it applies to all federal laws now. I’m sure they’ll be fine as long as the Court does exactly what they want.
Nice little federal judiciary you have here. Be a shame if anything happened to it.